Caterpillar Eyespots
Follow me as I investigate the ecology and evolution of caterpillar eyespots.
Wednesday, 17 July 2013
Defensive Posture & Eyespots Protect Caterpillars
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Pastry "caterpillar" used to examine the protective effect of eyespots and defensive posture of caterpillars. You may recall...
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Wednesday, 10 July 2013
Eumorpha labruscae: another caterpillar with a blinking eyespot
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Eumorpha labrusace ( Sphingidae ) Eumorpha labruscase caterpillar, penultimate instar. Closely related to Eumorpha phobas . Note the...
Tuesday, 2 July 2013
Eumorpha phorbas: a caterpillar with a blinking eyespot
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Eumorpha phorbas ( Sphingidae ) Dorsal view of Eumorpha phorbas caterpillar, final instar. Photographed during my 2011 trip to Costa...
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...
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