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What makes an eyespot? Cuticular proteins of course!
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Close-up of an eyespot on a Papilio xuthus caterpillar [ NOT the Eye of Sauron ]. Photo from Futahashi et al. (2012) BMC Biology 10:4...

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Labels: 5th instar, bird-dropping, colour, conspicuousness, crypsis, eyespots, masquerade, mimicry, Papilio xuthus, Papilionidae

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