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Lasiocampidae caterpillars

Family Lasiocampidae

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Description:

A sea of caterpillars: a group of social caterpillars gathered together on the trunk of a tree.

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Comments (29)
MayraSpringmann
Até parece um congestionamento de carros num final de sexta feira em São Paulo!!
Adarsha B S
Oh my god! Looks like expired tablets thrown away :P
dotun55
OMG! Inspiration for fine art. Looks like an edible species :P
NeilDazet
Thank you for sharing Sergio. This one is spectacular, a super favorite!
LaurenZarate
Amazing. I agree with Luis, it looks like a mass of jumbled Railroad cars.....
Carol Snow Milne
I always get so speechless when I see your photos. You did it again! Very cool pattern.
Sergio Monteiro
Thank you very much, folks, for all the nice comments and likes on this one. I think I am blessed to live in a place where I can see things like this, and I am very glad that you like them too. And, of course, I am also glad that you share YOUR beautiful spottings here in PN.
Wilson W
Look this: http://www.superstock.com/preview.asp?image=4201-78657&imagex=83&id=15005147&productType=3&pageStart=0&pageEnd=100&pixperpage=100&hitCount=200&filterForCat=&filterForFotog=
surekha
Such a creative capture! Awesome!
Leuba Ridgway
Looks like traffic in my hometown, Chennai !! only a much nicer chaos - what an awesome photo !
Sergio Monteiro
Hehe, it looks like, Mark. I guess that is what happens when all traffic lights turn green at once...
Sckel
Um engarrafamento de lagartas, incrível.
LuisStevens
I thought it was a aerial view of a train station, great find!
JenKnight
sintija - I thought the same thing!
Sintija Valucka
wow, it looks like a landscape from a bird's-eye view :D Great picture! :)

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Caterpillars of Parana, Brazil
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PublishedAugust 22, 2013

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