All pages › article Get Smart or Become Dinner! It’s not easy being a moth or a caterpillar with all those hungry creatures looking out for dinner! Source: https://www.juniorbailies.org.uk/get-smart-or-become-dinner.html It’s not easy being a moth or a caterpillar with all those hungry creatures looking out for dinner! Jock thinks moths and their larvae have been really smart in evolving some really clever ways to avoid becoming someone’s dinner! Some of the tricks caterpillars use include: I’m not here! I’m a twig! I’m bird poo! I taste horrid! I’m dangerous! See our examples below. I’m not here! Emperor Moth Larva use colour to blend in with their background I’m A Twig Pale Brindled Beauty Larva I’m Bird Poo Peach Blossom Larva Warning - I Taste Horrid! Cinnabar caterpillars contain toxins from their plant food Warning - I’m Dangerous Elephant Hawk Moth Larva's eyespots Make Them Look Like A Predator Warning - I’m Dangerous Puss moth caterpillar has a scary face and tails Adult moths have plenty tricks up their wings too! Colour and pattern are really important in avoiding predators. I’m not here! I’m bird poo! I taste yucky! I’m not even a moth! See our examples below. I’m Not Here! An Engrailed Moth I’m Not Here! A Grey Chi Moth On A Rock I’m Bird Poo An Adult Lime-Speck Pug Moth I Taste Yucky The Garden Tiger warns off predators by opening its wings, and showing its red hind wings with dark blue spots. If anything is daft enough to attack it oozes out nasty yellow fluid from behind its head! I’m Not Even A Moth! Lunar Hornet Moth - Yes it is a moth! This is part of the Moths and Caterpillars information. Images #PreviewAlt textCaptionSectionThumbnailLarge 1 Moths - I’m not here! I’m not here! Emperor Moth Larva use colour to blend in with their background c3d-emperor-moth-caterpillar-final-instar-r1-edf5371dca699a318633fc663dbfbc4a.jpg c3d-emperor-moth-caterpillar-final-instar-large-r1.jpg 2 Moths - I’m a twig I’m A Twig Pale Brindled Beauty Larva x3-larva-pale-brindled-beauty-r2-980304cbd757a75edf197fb3ad67d14d.jpg x3-larva-pale-brindled-beauty-large-r1.jpg 3 Peach Blossom Larva I’m Bird Poo Peach Blossom Larva e7-peach-blossom-r1-3ebe7e76c5262dc26172729b68b6a6dd.jpg e7-peach-blossom-large-r1.jpg 4 Moths - Warning - I Taste Horrid! Warning - I Taste Horrid! Cinnabar caterpillars contain toxins from their plant food e3-cinnabar-r1-51c316bbbb8a69f884410b5ad95aa6c0.jpg e3-cinnabar-large-r1.jpg 5 Elephant Hawk Moth Larva Warning - I’m Dangerous Elephant Hawk Moth Larva's eyespots Make Them Look Like A Predator e5-elephant-hawk-larva-r1-69a7c36074686777ace6dd6f9c3dd9a4.jpg e5-elephant-hawk-larva-large-r1.jpg 6 Moths - Puss moth caterpillar has a scary face and tails Warning - I’m Dangerous Puss moth caterpillar has a scary face and tails e6-puss-moth-larva-r1-65262491a8cc69c5d155375d56e88a83.jpg e6-puss-moth-larva-large-r1.jpg 7 An Engrailed Moth I’m Not Here! An Engrailed Moth e1-engrailed-male-on-bark-icon-r1-d8e6064cc7102d90f71d601da4d36760.jpg e1-engrailed-male-on-bark-large-r1.jpg 8 Moths - A Grey Chi Moth On A Rock I’m Not Here! A Grey Chi Moth On A Rock e2-grey-chi-on-rock-r1-7b12e7b1678c7969be625f3bc2bef376.jpg e2-grey-chi-on-rock-large-r1.jpg 9 Moths - An Adult Lime-Speck Pug Moth I’m Bird Poo An Adult Lime-Speck Pug Moth e8-llme-speck-pug-r1-e8a84c24cf4ad11158a4a47e5dab41eb.jpg e8-llme-speck-pug-large-r1.jpg 10 Moths - Garden Tiger I Taste Yucky The Garden Tiger warns off predators by opening its wings, and showing its red hind wings with dark blue spots. If anything is daft enough to attack it oozes out nasty yellow fluid from behind its head! e4-garden-tiger-r1-398dfc765f5549f347f04d8cdce60d8d.jpg e4-garden-tiger-large-r1.jpg 11 I’m Not Even A Moth! I’m Not Even A Moth! Lunar Hornet Moth - Yes it is a moth! e9-lunar-hornet-r1-e65d4ce60c70ac1e598bee8b4de99ce4.jpg e9-lunar-hornet-large-r1.jpg In-body links #LabelKindTarget 1Moths and Caterpillarsinternalhttps://www.juniorbailies.org.uk/moths-and-caterpillars