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Caterpillar on bitten leaf - animal behavior.

caterpillar.strelchatka big-gray.Acronicta megacephala.

A caterpillar with many long black hairs on its body and many small water droplets on its long hairs. It walks on the glass table, and the table has its reflection.

$Aporia crataegi, the black-veined white, is a large butterfly of the family Pieridae. A. crataegi is widespread and common. Its range extends from northwest Africa in the west to Transcaucasia and across the Palearctic to Siberia and Japan in the east. In the south, it is found in Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon and Syria. It is not present in the British Isles and northern Scandinavia. \nDescription:\nThe black-veined white has a wingspan of 51 to 70 mm. Females are commonly larger than males. The upper side of both forewings and hindwings is a translucent white boldly veined with black. The underside is similar in the male but the female has brown veining. Moreover, the female loses most of her scales by rubbing her wings together, resulting almost-transparent.\nBiology:\nThe flight period of the black-veined white is between April and July. The adults are quite social and their abundance varies greatly from year to year. The eggs are laid on the food plant, usually a member of the rose family Rosaceae and often on trees and bushes.\nThe eggs are laid in groups of 30 to 100. They take about three weeks to hatch. The caterpillars tend to remain in a group with a communal larval web. This species has one generation each year. The caterpillars overwinter communally in a webbing tent with entwined leaves. Caterpillars feed close together on the leaves of the food plant at first, before dispersing in the later developmental stages to other parts of the tree. \nThe pupal stage lasts about three weeks.\n\nDistribution and habitat:\nIt occurs in open forest, grazing land, orchards. lanes, gardens, meadows and thickets throughout most of Europe. This species is extinct in the British Isles (source Wikipedia). \n\nThis Picture is made during a long weekend in the South of Belgium in June 2006.$

This two year old has a little fur, but if it comes into contact with the fur it can cause itching like an allergy

The pine processionary (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) is a moth of the subfamily Thaumetopoeinae in the family Notodontidae.

Caterpillar crawling on white flower - animal behavior.

Close-up of a tent caterpillar on leaves along Hummocks Trail near Mt. St. Helens, WA

Close up of a white grub burrowing into the soil. The larva of a chafer beetle, sometimes known as the May beetle, June bug or June Beetle.

A fuzzy, yellow bear caterpillar feeding on the leaves of a mint perennial.

A really colourful larva. I shot it in a forest on a walk.

Caterpillar eating Leaf - animal behavior.

Pupa of Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) under leaved host - caterpillar.

$Abraxas grossulariata is a moth of the family Geometridae, native to the Palearctic realm and North America. Its distinctive speckled colouration has given it a common name of magpie moth. The caterpillar is similarly coloured to the adult, and may be found feeding on the leaves of shrubs such as gooseberry and blackcurrant. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.\nDescription:\nThe length of the forewing is 18–25 mm. The strikingly patterned forewings have a white ground colour, with six transverse series of black stains, partly associated with a pale yellow basal cross band and another through the central area of the forewing. The hindwings are paler, and have a few, small dark stains. \nRecorded foodplants:\nRibes rubrum, Ribes nigrum, Prunus spinosa, Crataegus, Corylus, Euonymus europaeus, Salix (Source Wikipedia).\n\nThis Picture is made during a long weekend in the South of Belgium in June 2006.$

Cypress silk moth or Greek silk moth, Pachypasa otus (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae). Larva (caterpillar)

Caterpillar of the Goat Moth (Cossus cossus) on a trowel

Parthenos Sylvia Lilacinus (The Clipper) Caterpillar and bitten leaf - animal behavior.

Grapevine Moth Caterpillar 'Phalaenoides glycinae'

The Red-humped Caterpillar (Schizura concinna) is a moth of the Notodontidae family found eating a apple tree leaf.

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