Peacock butterfly caterpillars on their preferred food plant, nettles. Their backs are covered in hairs and spikes, in a probably not entirely successful measure to try to make them unpalatable to hungry birds.
Wildlife from Wolverhampton and nearby
Peacock butterfly caterpillars on their preferred food plant, nettles. Their backs are covered in hairs and spikes, in a probably not entirely successful measure to try to make them unpalatable to hungry birds.