It’s hard to believe this is really a caterpillar, but it is!

It looks delicious.

officialnotebook:

Insect Camouflage 

This might be some of the most impressive camouflage I’ve ever seen. Looks like the caterpillar of Euthalia aconthea gurda, here it is in the open:

“6 Insect Predators That Go Out of Their Way to be Evil”

As usual, the Cracked editorial played up the “horror” and “disgust” humor, but I’m sure most of you know by now that I think every single thing in the article is adorable, gorgeous and enriches the world by existing. Us Cracked contributors are just expected to write “in character” as essentially a bunch of jackasses.

vandergrafvanny:

Look at this fucking asshole caterpillar

I featured these in this article but the animations are a far better explanation. They’re among several Hawaiian caterpillars which evolved to fill a predatory niche, unlike anywhere else in the world!

I found this photograph years ago with the title “starlet arthropod larva” and no further explanation…it’s some kind of larval insect, probably in an early instar that will quickly change to a more conventional shape.

EDIT: the image is apparently a very tiny fossil. Still can’t find a species name, if it even has one.

jadeneternal:

Taxonomy fail. Epic fail.

This is kind of adorable. At least they got a couple of them right! I totally want this.

A Japanese bagworm, photo source unknown. I’ve seen other images of this species, and yes, they always build their casing this beautifully. Log cabin caterpillars!