A new species on my list!
While at first concentrating on photographing a wasp, I see some iridescent colors reflecting in my viewfinder. When I put the camera down, I saw many, many, many of these caterpillars crawling on the leaves.
Groundselbush Beetle | January 2020 | Alice Mary Herden
This is the larvae stage of the groundselbush beetle. There is not a whole lot of information about this beetle that I found on the internet.
Such a beautiful coloration and again reminds you of how awesome and incredible nature is.
Links:
https://www.whatsthatbug.com/2014/04/20/groundselbush-beetle-larva/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trirhabda_bacharidis
Categories: Beetles, Caterpillars, Chassahowitzka WMA, Insects, Nature Photography
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