"Unlike most #hummingbirds, the jacobin chick was covered in long brown feathers... they saw a predatory #wasp approach the chick when the mother was away. As the wasp hovered above the nest, the chick started to twitch its body vigorously, swinging its head from side to side. A few seconds later, the wasp flew away... many #caterpillars in this region have similar-looking brown hairs that can give painful stings"

A small bird nest with one egg and one fluffy chick

**Shiro** @ShiroTechGuy@techhub.social · Mar 25

Mar 25

Shiro @ShiroTechGuy@techhub.social

#birdwatching #hummingbirds in the tropics. When a baby hummingbird looks like a #caterpillar

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-tropical-research-institute/2025/03/23/possible-caterpillar-like-baby-hummingbird-discovered-in-panama/

**SAM - Jetzt neu mit AI** @weirdmustard@toot.community · Mar 24

Mar 24

SAM - Jetzt neu mit AI @weirdmustard@toot.community

Wer will gruselige Zähnchen sehen.

Hab ich heut Morgen über mein Klo kriechend gefunden und wohnt nun auf Futterpflanzen auf dem Balkon. Das wird mal ein hübscher Falter. https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/164248657

Eine grüne Raupe mit grünlichbraunem Kopf, offenbar ohne Augen, aber dafür mit einem Mäulchen mit riesigen gezackten Zähnen

Auf der Hand sitzend sind die Zähnchen auf einmal egal, denn die grüne Raupe mit ihren weichen Stacheln ist nicht mal so lang wie ein Zeigefinger breit

#insects #caterpillar

**2tout2rien** @2tout2rien@piaille.fr · Mar 23

Mar 23

2tout2rien @2tout2rien@piaille.fr

Les chenilles de la Grande Queue-fourchue ne plaisantent pas avec la défense ! Faux yeux pour intimider, couleurs flashy pour avertir, et en cas d’ultime recours… un jet d’acide formique !
#Nature #Moth #Caterpillar

**Todon Acties** @relay@acties.todon.nl · Mar 20

Mar 20

Todon Acties @relay@acties.todon.nl

CAT KILLS: demonstratie tegen Caterpillar, tegen genocide

Amadeiroplein ( Kerkpleintje ) Den Bosch, zaterdag 5 april om 13:00 CEST

Demonstratie tegen CAT
De graafmachines en bulldozers van Caterpillar zijn een gevreesd wapen in de genocide tegen de Palestijnen. Caterpillar levert zelfs gepantserde versies van hun bulldozers aan het Israëlische bezettingsleger. Ook in Den Bosch zit een vestiging van CAT. Onze stad heeft daarmee een directe link bij jaren lange schendingen van mensenrechten in de Westbank en de al langer dan een jaar durende genocide in Palestine.
Daarom gaan wij de straat op! Het is tijd om samen Caterpillar én de gemeente Den Bosch verantwoordelijk te houden. Demonstreer met ons mee!
5 april
13:00
Amadeiroplein (Kerkpleintje) Den Bosch
We lopen een mars door de stad
Breng je borden, vlaggen mee.
Cut the ties! End Dutch Complicity!!
Deze demonstratie is voortgekomen uit een samenwerking tussen ROOD Den Bosch, Brabant4Palestine, DenBosch4Palestine, XRDenbosch, en PGNL [behalve XR FB]

Bron: Rood Jongeren

https://acties.todon.nl/event/cat-kills-demonstratie-tegen-caterpillar-tegen-genocide

#caterpillar #denbosch #stopgenocide

**Vicky** @Vibre@pixelfed.social · Mar 20

**Bea Leiderman** @bealeiderman@pixelfed.social · Mar 17

Mar 17

Bea Leiderman @bealeiderman@pixelfed.social

A furry caterpillar

#insect #macro #caterpillar #nature #colombia

#Colombia

**Priit Pihlamägi** @priit@pixelfed.social · Mar 17

Mar 17

Priit Pihlamägi @priit@pixelfed.social

Caterpillar turning into a pupa.
#photography #chrysalis #pupa #caterpillar #larva #VisualDescription

The image is in vertical orientation. There's a caterpillar, a straw roof, a bit of wood and blurry background. The caterpillar is in the center of the image. It's hanging by its tail from a straw roof. It's facing to the left. It has sharp spiky looking extrusions coming out of its back and lots of small white hair all around its body. Its legs are to the left. 4 pairs of soft squiggly legs are visible. Two pairs of sharp bug legs are below the softer looking ones. The legs are orange. Most of its body is black. The left side of the straw roof is closer to the camera than the right side. The right side of the straw roof ends with a piece of wood, which is also a part of the roof. Both the straw and the wood look slightly weathered by age. The straw is orange, the wood is gray. There's something green at the bottom of the image, but its too blurry to make out. The image has strong focus, causing everything other than the caterpillar to be blurry.

The image is in vertical orientation. It's roughly the same spot as the previous image, but taken one day later. The camera angle isn't quite as sharp as before. The caterpillar has been replaced with a pupa. The pupa has sharp spikes on its back side. Its gray with a slight brown tint to it. The ends of the spikes are black. The blurry green thing from the previous image is slightly less blurry and can be identified. There's a window with green curtains at the bottom right corner of the image. There's a bit of blurry green light at the bottom left corner of the image. There's a bit of log wall visible at the bottom edge of the image. The logs have a slightly blueish tint to them.

#visualdescription

**Nardullinicolas** @NNic@mastodon.social · Mar 17

Mar 17

Nardullinicolas @NNic@mastodon.social

#photography #caterpillar #fotografía

**Der Rheinländer** @der_rheinlaender@pixelfed.de · Mar 16

Mar 16

Der Rheinländer @der_rheinlaender@pixelfed.de

Raupe des Brombeerspinners
#raupe #nachtfalter #natur #naturfotografie #makro #makrofotografie #caterpillar #nature #naturephotography #macro #macrophotography

Auf dem Foto sieht man die Raupe eines Brombeerspinners genüsslich ein Efeublatt verzehren.

#macrophotography

**danielmorrisdraws** @danielmorrisdraws1@pixelfed.social · Mar 15

Mar 15

danielmorrisdraws @danielmorrisdraws1@pixelfed.social

This one was fun purely for its simplicity.
That was one of the most alluring things about this project was the freedom to experiment with widely different designs and compositions.
#art #artist #illustrator #illustration #childrensbook #caterpillar #explore #kidlit

#kidlit

**Bea Leiderman** @bealeiderman@pixelfed.social · Mar 15

Mar 15

Bea Leiderman @bealeiderman@pixelfed.social

A tiny bottle brush

#insect #caterpillar #macro #nature #colombia

#Colombia

**budak** @budak@kopiti.am · Mar 15

Mar 15

budak @budak@kopiti.am

Found on a sendudok bush, this spiky caterpillar from the family Lasiocampidae was as long as my middle finger. I thought of bringing it home so that I could brag to peoples that "I has a pet lappet".