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The larva of the Great Leopard Moth is called the Giant Woolly Bear for its large, hairy appearance. The caterpillar is primarily nocturnal and feeds on a wide variety of plants but is often seen crossing roads during the day on its way to new foraging grounds.
Categories: Nature • Tags: caterpillar, Giant Woolly Bear, Great Leopard Moth, Hypercompe scribonia, T.M. Goodwin Waterfowl Management Area
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With very distinctive stripes, a Monarch butterfly larva gorges on milkweed in the final days before forming a chrysalis to begin the metamorphosis into a butterfly. Seen in the butterfly garden at Audubon House at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area.
Categories: Nature • Tags: butterfly, caterpillar, Danaus plexippus, Florida, Indian River County, larva, Monarch
by terranovabay
A Loggerhead Shrike makes a meal out of a juicy caterpillar.
Categories: Nature • Tags: caterpillar, Lanius ludovicianus, Loggerhead Shrike
