Horrifying Caterpillars You Didn't Know Were There #insect #insectdiversity

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Citheronia splendens caterpillars and moths

Adult photo citation: Buchmann, Stephen. (2011). Moths on the Flatbed Scanner: The Art of Joseph Scheer. Insects. 2. 10.3390/insects2040564. CC-BY-3.0

Caterpillar video: Katja Schulz, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Caterpillar photo:
Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons