The last evening of Bug Shot 2012, I was in the “toy room” helping clean up. I had set up an aquarium for photographing aquatic insects the first night and hadn’t put it away, so I scooped everything out of it and was about to pick it up and dump the water out when I saw this clinging to the outside:
Curve-lined owlet caterpillar
What a crazy cool caterpillar! I believe it is a curve-lined owlet caterpillar, Phyprosopus callitrichoides. It comes as no surprise that this is a woodland species. Can you imagine how hard it would be to see one of these on a tree?! I happily snapped a few shots, then I took it outside before I finished my cleaning.
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The Dragonfly Woman 
This is the coolest thing I’ve seen all day, and that’s saying something considering I spent my morning doing work in the reptile dept at my zoo!
Reptiles are cool too! But thanks. Glad you like it!
Wow!! I never cease to be amazed at life’s amazing forms.
Me too! Nature is astoundingly diverse.
I should phrase my comments better (see above)!! I was just so, well… amazed that I forgot how to express myself. :-)
It wasn’t that bad! Really!
That looks so alien-like! Fantastic!
Thanks!
Definitely a cool accidental find. I can’t imagine trying to deliberately search for one of these.
Right? It would be REALLY difficult to seek them out.
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