Swallowtail caterpillar - a swallowtail butterfly larva, insects of the order Lepidoptera.Basically, all these caterpillars feed on vegetation, but it is possible to meet and "foodies" who do not disdain mushrooms and residues of animal origin.Although such individuals are extremely rare, but nevertheless they are there.
swallowtail butterfly caterpillar is very hated people involved in agricultural activities, because it is not only very large but voracious.It can significantly harm the crop.I do not like the larva and the fact that it is capable of destroying items made of wool.
Without insurance anywhere
Like any other larvae of butterflies, swallowtail caterpillar, is able to allocate a thin but strong silk thread.Typically, they use it to firmly attach the cocoon to a support that will hold a doll.But this thread, there is another application.When swallowtail caterpillar crawling on the ground or plant, it always retains the thin barely visible thread of silk, which serves as a kind of insurance.Thus, when the caterpillar breaks from the leaf, it will not fall down and hang on to this, ready-made "longe".
Features
swallowtail caterpillar has a green color, dilute black stripes and dots of yellow.This color is not found in other species of caterpillars, but that is not the main feature of this species.The main distinguishing feature, for which the swallowtail butterfly caterpillars can be distinguished from any other, it is bright orange and sometimes red horns.At rest, they are hidden and can not see them, but it's worth a caterpillar a little excited as these horns swiftly rectified, thus scaring off other insects or small birds.A more convincing, they can sometimes give off odorous substances, and then the caterpillar is unlikely anyone would want to eat.
Evolution
Once the larva hatches from the egg, it immediately begins to eat, and there are very large quantities.They eat plants such as parsley, parsnip and other umbrella and Compositae.By late summer, the caterpillar grows so much and gain weight, just do not eat and hardly moves.As soon as there comes a time, the larva attaches to the stem, hangs upside down and eventually turns into a pupa, sharpened in a cocoon.Himself cocoon is usually brown or light brown.As such, the doll is all winter and spring, as soon as the blossoms all around, it turns into a beautiful butterfly swallowtail excellent.
on the verge of extinction
Today, in some parts of the butterflies and caterpillars are listed in the local Red Books.This is due to their taste preferences, which include, for example, dill.That's why most people consume caterpillars and remove them from their sites, because if you do not, they are able to significantly reduce the yield of green.Thus, if you see on the site this lovely colorful caterpillar, do not kill her, because she is not only very rare.From this "whale" appears once beautiful butterfly.Want to see what it looks like swallowtail caterpillar?Photography presented in this article.
