Black and white stripes combined with a knobbly body make the caterpillar look remarkably like bird droppings. This unappetising outfit is a clever ploy to hide in plain sight, a trick used by ...
Seeing their photos, Mizuochi said, "Unfortunately, there are tachinid fly larvae in them." Tachinids lay eggs on swallowtail larvae. It came as a fresh reminder of how hard it is to live in ...