Caterpillar Eyespots
Follow me as I investigate the ecology and evolution of caterpillar eyespots.
Friday, 28 June 2013
An eyespot that blinks?
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Eumorpha phorbas caterpillar, final instar. Photo by Kennedy Warne ( http://laststands.kennedywarne.com/ay-caramba ) In the summer ...
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Wednesday, 5 June 2013
Papilio cresphontes lays an egg in Oxford Mills, ON
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Female Giant Swallowtail ( Papilio cresphontes ) laying an egg on Prickly Ash in Oxford Mills, ON I have been out in the field a fair a...
Friday, 14 December 2012
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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Friday, 23 November 2012
Flickr Group: "Caterpillars with Eyespots"
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Some time ago I made a Flickr group called " Caterpillars with Eyespots " to collect photos of caterpillars that have eyespots....
Friday, 16 November 2012
The Biologija Bump!
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What up Finland? Map showing the geographical distribution of "hits" on this blog Nov 16th 2012. You can't see Croatia we...
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
I liked lithographed images BEFORE it was cool
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Deilephila elpenor ( Sphingidae ) This is a vintage lithographed image of a Deilephila elpenor caterpillar from "Europe's...
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