Master of Disguise: Can you Spot the Caterpillar?

Описание: Bagworm moth caterpillar (Family Psychidae) from the rainforest of Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.

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This bagworm spends its life within a silken sleeve pupal case (bag) decorated/disguized with pieces of leaves arranged in a 'spiral' structure.

This bagworm can be seen extending its head and thorax from its mobile case to eat and cut a piece of leaf.

Slowly cutting pieces of leaves it will then stick them with silk on its exterior to enlarge its shelter as it grows.

This Psychidae caterpillar uses 'decoration/disquise' (a kind of crypsis) to camouflage and protect itself from predators such as ants, Parasitoid wasp, birds, lizards, etc.

There are many examples of psychids which decorate their exterior with environmental materials specific materials usually associated with their host plant (bits of leaves, lichen, plants, soil, twigs and other debris).

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