Thursday, January 30, 2014

Beware the Spindle Ermines



Spindle ermine larvae in Rotterdam, Holland, mistook this Honda as a food source.  They had already begun to strip a nearby tree of it leaves and decided the Honda was a logical move.  The silk webs protect the larvae from birds and wasps for six weeks before they transform into butterflies.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1188650/Thousands-marauding-caterpillars-trap-car-silky-web.html

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