Tap — gently — the plump rear of a young Nessus sphinx hawk moth, and you may hear the closest sound yet discovered to a caterpillar voice. Caterpillars don’t breathe through their mouths. Yet a ...
The life of a caterpillar before it enters its cocoon mostly consists of eating as much as it can while avoiding being eaten itself. To stay alive, the Nessus sphinx hawkmoth caterpillar’s defense ...