Mother Nature is sometimes a prankster. The caterpillar that will eventually turn into the moth Uraba lugens is called the mad haterpillar because it grows its own hat, out of its own shed exoskeletons! This video is really only a minute long, then host Steve Mould discusses future episodes. (via Geekologie)
What is the host plant for the madhatterpillar? Are they seasonal? Year round? What moth/butterfly emerges? Is the moth/butterfly migratory?
ReplyDeleteAccording to Wikipedia, linked in the Latin name above, 1. eucalyptus, 2. one or two generations a year, 3. Uraba lugens, and 4. no.
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