Maybe I have been studying too much for my Final Exams, but this idea first popped into my mind while eating Cheetos Puffs. How would I classify the Puffs from the regular Cheetos? As different genera, different species, e.t.c? While staring at the Puffs, they first reminded me of bacilli bacteria …

Superfamily Papilionoidea . Experts can narrow down further. :-)

A summary for those interested. Morphological characteristics: Egg – indistinct, round and white. Larva – similar characteristics throughout instars. Body: distinctly segmented, finely pubescent, predominantly green with yellow on the dorsal surface. Legs and prolegs: brown (lacking full compleme…

Once we ID that one, maybe we could have a go at the ones in “Hope for the Flowers,” by Trina Paulus

I have just noticed a continuity error where the larva has 2 pairs of true legs and the adult has its full compliment of 3 pairs of legs. hmmm

My first thought is that no Lepidopteran caterpillar has such prominent eyes, so it must be a sawfly larva ! But if they are eyespots rather than true eyes, maybe this caterpillar is a swallowtail. That would explain the “antennae” (actually a smelly osmeterium ) as well. Unfortunately, the adult butt…

Very intriguing. The caterpillar antennae is reminiscent of the osmeterium found in Papilionidae, though the body segments remind me of a Saturniidae caterpillar, similar to an Antheraea polyphemus. The pupa, with the cremaster hanging down in that manner is akin to the Nymphalidae, though the pupa …

I did the same thing as this with a friend but with ‘Shrek’. It was quite fun, we classed it as an Amphibian but I cant remember the rest of the taxonomy that we made up (I jotted it down in a notebook somewhere).

In my turn I have consumed cheese puffs while studying. I’ve wondered about the “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” myself. How fun! You might enjoy watching my latest video “Christmas With . . . Moths.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SFEAnIQiD0 Have a good week!

i uploaded this pic to look at the ai suggestions: [the-very-hungry-caterpillar-480x270] it is telling me that it could be the common geranium-bronze butterfly … or a venus flytrap. lol! the caterpillar is suitably poofy and green imo

Is it possible to identify "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle?

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Next, try the brown bar-ba-loots, swomi swans, and humming-fish – and the truffula trees for good measure.

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