Caterpillar Jumps Away From Sun | Video

Tuesday, August 20, 2013 - 11:30 in Biology & Nature

Other caterpillar species are known to jump, but Cydia deshaisiana is the only one known to create a leaf shelter and hop around in it for three days, trying to escape the sun before settling for metamorphosis.

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