"Prepupal Angled Sunbeam Butterfly Caterpillar (Curetis acuta, Lycaenidae) This is the final instar caterpillar of a Sunbeam butterfly, just prior to pupation. The caterpillars are remarkable enough for the twin periscopes on their hind ends which contain tentacle organs. When threatened, the caterpillar (including at this prepupal stage) telescopes these structures outwards of their sheath in the form of a bouquet of hair-like tentacles which whirl around. This is presumably a defensive mechanism designed to alarm a potential predator, but it is hypothesised that they may also have a volatile secretion dissipation function as well.
This is an immobile, non-feeding phase of the life cycle during which the larva adhers itself to the leaf surface with a bed of silk and a barely visible single-strand silk girdle."
"Prepupal Angled Sunbeam Butterfly Caterpillar (Curetis acuta, Lycaenidae) This is the final instar caterpillar of a Sunbeam butterfly, just prior to pupation. The caterpillars are remarkable enough for the twin periscopes on their hind ends which contain tentacle organs. When threatened, the caterpillar (including at this prepupal stage) telescopes these structures outwards of their sheath in the form of a bouquet of hair-like tentacles which whirl around. This is presumably a defensive mechanism designed to alarm a potential predator, but it is hypothesised that they may also have a volatile secretion dissipation function as well.
This is an immobile, non-feeding phase of the life cycle during which the larva adhers itself to the leaf surface with a bed of silk and a barely visible single-strand silk girdle."
i had to google it because that was exactly my reaction
“Egyptian technique....where you burn a bit of hair to make it more malleable to style, more for kinky hair,”
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"Prepupal Angled Sunbeam Butterfly Caterpillar (Curetis acuta, Lycaenidae)
This is the final instar caterpillar of a Sunbeam butterfly, just prior to pupation. The caterpillars are remarkable enough for the twin periscopes on their hind ends which contain tentacle organs. When threatened, the caterpillar (including at this prepupal stage) telescopes these structures outwards of their sheath in the form of a bouquet of hair-like tentacles which whirl around. This is presumably a defensive mechanism designed to alarm a potential predator, but it is hypothesised that they may also have a volatile secretion dissipation function as well.
This is an immobile, non-feeding phase of the life cycle during which the larva adhers itself to the leaf surface with a bed of silk and a barely visible single-strand silk girdle."
Faceplant like that you could end up missing some teeth.
#25 and that children is how they make the letter L.