In a remnant of the vanishing Atlantic Coastal Rainforest, an inchworm (Geometridae) moves along a leaf.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
Papilio polyxenes - eastern black swallowtail - larva

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Papilio polyxenes - eastern black swallowtail - larva

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Larva of the great copper Lycaena xanthoides.

San Diego Co., California, USA
A Formica francoeuri field ant worker tending to the larva of a Great Copper butterfly (Lycaena xanthoides). The caterpillar produces secretions attractive to ants, and in turn the ants protect the caterpillar from predators and parasites.

San Diego Co., California, USA
A tropical daniine, Tithorea sp., feeds from a milkweed.

Misahuallí, Napo, Ecuador
Larva of a Caligo owl butterfly.

Misahuallí, Napo, Ecuador
Larva of a Caligo owl butterfly.

Misahuallí, Napo, Ecuador
Formica pergandei carry a caterpillar they have caught back to the nest.

South Bristol, New York, USA
In a remnant of the vanishing Atlantic Coastal Rainforest, an inchworm (Geometridae) moves along a leaf.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
In a remnant of the vanishing Atlantic Coastal Rainforest, an inchworm (Geometridae) moves along a leaf.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
In a remnant of the vanishing Atlantic Coastal Rainforest, an inchworm (Geometridae) moves along a leaf.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
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