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Caterpillars have different looks,
Styles vary.
There are cute and cute routes
© Richard Dudley
hello kitty caterpillar
Baby Dragon?
There are also hobbies of the thriller style
Big temper and loves to fry hair
Look at all the panic
Very unfriendly to cryptophobia
But regardless of beauty and ugliness,
These caterpillars all have one thing in common.
That is, it's all "little short legs",
Walk up to guyongguyong.
Climb hard
But
Caterpillars also have "long-legged Oba"
But the legs are all under the neck!
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One of them is the ant boat moth,
It is an insect of the family Lepidoptera.
Ant boat moths insist on taking the "ugly cute" route,
People who have seen it may dislike its appearance on the one hand,
On one side, it shook its posture again.
© Jeroen Voogd
Round brain shell, big ass,
Body color is often single and dull,
The only thing that may be impressive is that
Pectoral feet longer than many caterpillars.
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And the ant boat moth's pursuit of ordinary appearance
But from small to large, from beginning to end.
Not only did I look unremarkable as a child,
When I grew up, I also had a passerby's face.
Adult grey-protruding ant boat moth
Although the ant boat moth is not good-looking,
But can't stand people's "delicate body soft yoga".
The so-called appearance is not enough, temperament to make up!
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There are many kinds of insects in the family Acaciae, and it is not surprising that there are ugly and cute Stauropus insects of the genus Ant boat moth.
Stauropus sp. Source: itchydogimages
The long chest and feet of the ant boat moth larvae are the key "props" for their survival.
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Instar and 2 year old ant boat moths disguise themselves as ants to avoid predators.
Stauropus fagi 1 instar larvae © Peter Bruce-Jones
Their forefoots are relatively short and can fit into the jaws of ants, and the midfoot is the longest that mimics the antennae of ants.
Source: www.lepi-photos.com
When disturbed, they can also imitate the movements of ants, "I am a fierce ant, see who dares to bully me."
In addition to cos ants, some baby ant boat moths will also "make up" themselves into bird droppings, with yellow and white markings on the center of their backs, making double insurance safer.
Stauropus sp.
As the "age" grows, the ant boat moth slowly becomes chubby, and when disturbed by the enemy, they will immediately assume a threatening posture, the chest and feet are open, the "ass" is plucked forward, the head is arched backwards, and the opponent is scared away with teeth and claws.
Isn't it scary to ask?
Among them, the apple ant boat moth Stauropus fagi is also known as lobster moth, that is, lobster moth, because its movement posture is very similar to lobster.
Ant boat moths are distributed from Europe to Indonesia, and the apple boat moth is the most common and widespread species in the genus, spreading throughout most of temperate Asia and Europe.
Source: www.treknature.com
Ant boat moths behave strangely and noticeably, but they are not good guys. For example, when the Dragon's Eye Ant Boat Moth Stauropus alternus occurred, nearly a thousand acres of forest were eaten up, resembling a fire.
Stauropus alternus
When they first hatch, they will feed on the egg shell, like to live in groups, the amount of food base is small, can only bite the branches into a missing, after 3 years old can bite off the branches, after 4 years of age the amount of food suddenly increased, bringing great harm to the trees.
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However, there are also many types of natural enemies, including small cocoon bees, black-spotted wasps, thigh bees, bacteria, viruses and so on. We can select suitable natural enemies for biological control to reduce the occurrence of longan ant boat moths.
Black-spotted wasp Source: See watermark
"Ugly and ugly" ant boat moth
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