Netizens photographed the domineering "dragon head" caterpillar
The "dragon head" caterpillar instantly becomes beautiful after the cocoon becomes a butterfly
Caterpillars are seen a lot, but have you ever seen a caterpillar with a "dragon's head"? Yesterday afternoon, a strange-looking caterpillar suddenly became an "Internet celebrity" and suddenly caught fire in the circle of friends of Wuxi netizens.
Netizen "Laughing Lingtong" told reporters that this set of pictures first appeared on the local portal in Wuxi and was found by a netizen in a local botanical garden. "Laughing Lingtong" said that after he posted this group of photos to the circle of friends, it instantly caused forwarding, and everyone was immediately attracted by this "dragon head caterpillar", and its popularity was on fire.
From the picture, the head of this caterpillar is indeed very similar to the dragon head in the zodiac, with four tentacles extending backwards behind it, looking domineering.
Some netizens speculated that this is not a mutated variety, and more netizens joked: "This is certainly not a general caterpillar, maybe it is the arrival of flowers and bones."
The reporter then contacted Tao Xun, an expert in meteorological and insect research in Chongqing, who said after looking at the picture that this is an ordinary caterpillar, not a mutated species, this insect is a larval form called "narrow spotted anchovy butterfly", this insect is mainly distributed in South China and Southwest China, Chongqing Wuxi area found that such insects are also normal, the public do not have to make a fuss.
Small popular science: narrow-spotted anchovy butterfly
Polyura athamas (Drury), also known as The Butterfly, is a medium-sized butterfly with a wingspan of 65–70 mm in males, 70–75 mm in female wings, pale green in the middle of the wing, broad brown edges on the outside, and small tail protrusions on the outer margins of the hind wings.
Narrow spotted anchovy butterfly in Guangdong can occur in multiple generations a year, the larvae contain narrow spotted anchovy butterfly shy grass family as the host, adult insects rarely visit flowers, like to suck sap, rotten juice, animal feces, etc., fast flight speed, irregular route, often active in the forest, forest edge open land. It is distributed in south China and southwestern provinces and regions.
<h5>(Reporter: Tao Ran).</h5>
<h5>( Editor: Wang Yi / Responsible Editor: Wang Yi ).</h5>