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vayda on Nostr: 🚨 ARTHROPOD OF THE DAY 🚨 Hemeroplanes are moths of to the Sphingidae family, ...

🚨 ARTHROPOD OF THE DAY 🚨

Hemeroplanes are moths of to the Sphingidae family, found in many parts of South America, Africa and Central America.

In its relaxed state, this creature looks like nothing more than your average caterpillar. However, when alarmed the larvae flips itself over exposing its underside, while still hanging by its last pairs of prolegs, and inflates its thoracic region, creating a striking imitation of a viper. To make their mimicking act even more believable, the harmless caterpillar will sometimes even snap at potential predators. Of course, they have no real fangs so they can’t really do any serious damage, but their appearance is convincing enough to scare even humans away.







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