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Caterpillar on Ceanothus megacarpus - Hesperumia sulphuraria
Copyright © 2011 Peter Bryant

Caterpillar on Ceanothus megacarpus - Hesperumia sulphuraria
Tenaja Falls trail, Orange County, California, USA
March 13, 2011

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Caterpillar on Ceanothus megacarpus - Hesperumia sulphuraria Moth - Hesperumia sulphuraria - male
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Contributed by Peter Bryant on 13 April, 2011 - 11:39am
Last updated 13 April, 2011 - 11:17pm

Cryptic Caterpillar
When I first saw this, I was about to write a comment asking whether this was just a reference shot for the host plant, or if there was an egg or larva somewhere in the image.

Then I looked again more closely...and saw the large larva prominently placed at "center stage".

They seem to mimic twigs pretty well! (Or else I'm losing my eye-sight...better start spending more time in the field, and less time staring at computer screens! :-)
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