Caterpillars: Brendan Toews Photography http://btoewsphotos.zenfolio.com/p291304125 en-us (C) Brendan Toews Photography brendantoewsphotography@ncf.ca (Brendan Toews Photography) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Insects Animals http://btoewsphotos.zenfolio.com/img/s2/v1/p773085566-10.jpg Caterpillars: Brendan Toews Photography http://btoewsphotos.zenfolio.com/p291304125 120 80 Sphinx Moth Caterpillar http://btoewsphotos.zenfolio.com/p291304125/e2E14597E

]]>A large Sphinx Moth (Sphingidae) caterpillar with a distinctive tail.

One of the most spectacular caterpillars is the Sphinx moths. Sphinx larvae are usually bare, fat caterpillars with a conspicuous horn-tail, and adults are fat moths with distinctively long front wings.

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]]>A Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) caterpillar feeding on a milkweed leaf.

Caterpillars feed on milkweed, causing the adult butterfly to taste bad to most birds.

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]]> brendantoewsphotography@ncf.ca (Brendan Toews Photography) Insects Animals Caterpillar http://btoewsphotos.zenfolio.com/p291304125/e3EBACE0B Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT