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snarkasaurus: animalworld: COMMON BARON CATERPILLAREuthalia aconthea© WohinAuswandern Look closely — there’s a caterpillar on that leaf…now that’s excellent camouflage! If you’re a hungry bird in western Malaysia, good luck finding any common baron caterpillars. Plenty of other butterfly larvae blend in with local plants, but few can vanish into vegetation like the baron.   Baron caterpillars evolved their elaborate shapes and colors for that single purpose: hiding from predators. This boosts their odds of becoming common baron butterflies, and therefore reproducing. Native to India and Southeast Asia, barons often feed on the leaves of mango trees, like this one in a Kuala Lumpur garden. That can sour their relationship with mango farmers, though — yet another reason camo comes in handy. Source: http://www.mnn.com/common-baron-caterpillar  Other posts: Crowned Slug Caterpillar Similar Crowned Slug Caterpillar Puss Caterpillar That is some wickedly effective camouflage. Via Beautiful Insanity

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COMMON BARON CATERPILLAR
Euthalia aconthea
© WohinAuswandern

Look closely — there’s a caterpillar on that leaf…now that’s excellent camouflage!

If you’re a hungry bird in western Malaysia, good luck finding any common baron caterpillars. Plenty of other butterfly larvae blend in with local plants, but few can vanish into vegetation like the baron.   Baron caterpillars evolved their elaborate shapes and colors for that single purpose: hiding from predators. This boosts their odds of becoming common baron butterflies, and therefore reproducing. Native to India and Southeast Asia, barons often feed on the leaves of mango trees, like this one in a Kuala Lumpur garden. That can sour their relationship with mango farmers, though — yet another reason camo comes in handy.

Source: http://www.mnn.com/common-baron-caterpillar 

Other posts:

Crowned Slug Caterpillar

Similar Crowned Slug Caterpillar

Puss Caterpillar

That is some wickedly effective camouflage.


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    That is some wickedly effective camouflage.
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    Don’t make it bigger and you cannot find the caterpillar. I even had to squint a little to notice them. That is awesome!
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