Defensive Posture & Eyespots Protect Caterpillars — by Unknown on

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Pastry "caterpillar" used to examine the protective effect of eyespots and defensive posture of caterpillars. You may recall...

Eumorpha labruscae: another caterpillar with a blinking eyespot — by Unknown on

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Eumorpha labrusace ( Sphingidae ) Eumorpha labruscase  caterpillar, penultimate instar. Closely related to  Eumorpha phobas . Note the...

Eumorpha phorbas: a caterpillar with a blinking eyespot — by Unknown on

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Eumorpha phorbas ( Sphingidae ) Dorsal view of  Eumorpha phorbas  caterpillar, final instar. Photographed during my 2011 trip to Costa...

An eyespot that blinks? — by Unknown on

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Eumorpha phorbas caterpillar, final instar. Photo by Kennedy Warne ( http://laststands.kennedywarne.com/ay-caramba ) In the summer ...

Papilio cresphontes lays an egg in Oxford Mills, ON — by Unknown 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...

What makes an eyespot? Cuticular proteins of course! — by Unknown on

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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...