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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-07-10 08:04 PM
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Carnivorous Caterpillar Will Haunt Your Nightmares. You're Welcome.
Edited on Sat Aug-07-10 08:08 PM by Ian David
Carnivorous Caterpillar Will Haunt Your Nightmares. You're Welcome. #wtf http://bit.ly/cx0KgS
http://twitter.com/crazywtf/status/20586345833

Awesome Hawaiian Caterpillar
Carnivorous caterpillar from Hawaii.
http://www.ebaumnation.com/2010/08/05/awesome-hawaiian-caterpillar

See also:

Eupithecia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eupithecia

And:

http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2010/07/carnivorous-caterpillar.html
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-07-10 08:09 PM
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1. That is so cool! I love the 'twig camo' of extending out from the branch
Good thing I don't have to sleep for a while...
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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-07-10 08:14 PM
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2. Only one question comes to mind, will they eat mosquitoes??
Bobby wants to know...
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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-07-10 09:16 PM
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3. Retro TV tonight has Son of Godzilla...
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Peter1x9 Donating Member (281 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-07-10 11:07 PM
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4. I saw a documentary on theses several years back.
Edited on Sat Aug-07-10 11:08 PM by Peter1x9
They (Hawaiian ones) are endangered due to invasive species, specifically ants. When an ant crawls over one of these it, of course, grabs the ant and starts to chow down. However, once grabbed, the ant sends out a chemical distress signal and lots of its friends promptly mob the caterpillar and kill it.
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frogmarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-08-10 10:27 AM
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5. Eek! Thanks a lot.
Actually, I mean it. That is one fascinating animal!

Whenever I see something eating another something, I think, Ahhh...God's in his heaven, all's right with the world.
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