Thursday, July 31, 2008

monarch caterpillar with antennae


I missed another shedding of one of my monarch caterpillar's skin. The caterpillar is starting to sprout antennae! They also have fake antennae on their back end , for self-defense. The fake antennae is for tricking animals into going for their back end instead of its head.


I also missed this caterpillar shed it's skin. It may be some kind of silk moth. In the picture above, the caterpillar is next to the skin it shed.

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