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Cinnabar moth caterpillar close-ups

Cinnabar moth caterpillar close-ups

Cinnabar moth caterpillars, busy chomping their way through all the foliage of the ragwort they’re on. The yellow and black stripes are a warning to any potential predators that they are poisonous: the poison absorbed from the ragwort they’ve eaten. If that wasn’t enough, they are covered in spiky looking hairs to give an unpleasant mouth feel.