Caterpillar

21 Stunning Caterpillars That Won't Leave You Grossed Out But In Awe - World's largest collection of cat memes and other animals

I finally found Monarch caterpillars on the milkweed yesterday - but just 4. Today I can only find 2. It's been a pitiful season for Monarchs down here. I only saw one female come through a couple of weeks ago and may not see any more. This guy is almost fully grown. He'll turn to chrysalis right here in my yard and a Monarch will emerge by October - and will fly to Mexico to spend the winter. He is the 4th generation that will live 9 months to return to the States in the Spring. My 15…

Nikon D90+AF-D Micro Nikkor 105mm

Queen (up) and Monach butterfly caterpillar speedpaint study

Some species of caterpillar have 4,000 muscles in their body. Compare that to the human muscular system, which is made up of only 639. It’s not unusual for insects to have more muscles than humans; grasshoppers have about 900. Still, why do caterpillars have so many more muscles? It’s for a unique form of transportation. Caterpillars use all of their muscles to move, but not in the same way that we do. They contract their body muscles, forcing their internal organs forward. When caterpillars…

Milkweed has shown up in one of my flowerbeds that i use for cut flowers. Two weeks ago, i was pulling out the milkweeds when i spotted 3 on...

From the beds we wake up in to the buses we take and the offices we work at, it often seems like we live on a man-made planet. But the natural world is all around us, all the time. It's just we build such intricate hideouts, we sometimes forget about it. So let's refresh our memory.

Download this Premium Vector about Cute caterpillar cartoon, and discover more than 93 Million Professional Graphic Resources on Freepik. #freepik #vector #worm #caterpillar #larva

Over the course of his career, Eric Carle published more than 70 works, selling more than 170 million copies in total.

Metamorphosis of the caterpillar.