The larvae of pink butterflies have a skull-shaped face with a very strange defense mechanism.
When talking about Australia, many people think of kangaroos, snakes, sharks and insects. But the reality is that Australia is big and has a lot more cool stuff.
The first Europeans believed to have seen Australia were the Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon in 1606.
British officer James Cook, who first accurately mapped many lands and recorded many islands and sea lanes on European maps, and returned to Australia with plans for settlement in Botany Bay, now Sydney, in New South Wales.
William Dampier, one of the first European explorers to set foot on the continent in 1699 once described: “This land is cursed, animals jump and don’t run, birds run again, don’t fly, swans do not fly. It must be white but black. This land is a curse and I have nothing to do. “
Australia is also home to many exotic creatures such as the giant caterpillar monster, the deadly poisonous rainbow octopus, and the pink butterfly caterpillar, for example.
The caterpillar of the rare pink butterfly has a very strange defense mechanism. When attacked, he suddenly raised his back to reveal a pair of large skull-shaped eyes.
The pink butterfly is a mysterious and rare insect that ranges from subtropical New South Wales to Queensland and New Guinea. They feed on rotten fruit and, although nocturnal, do not seem strongly attracted to light.
The name of this butterfly is inspired by the bright pink bars on the inner wing.
When newly hatched, butterflies are light brown in color, allowing them to blend in better with their surroundings to avoid detection by predators. But as it grows, it develops two large black spots, surrounded by bright yellow lines, which look like strange, giant eyes, and two rows of white ones that look like human teeth.
The pink butterfly markings look like a spooky skeleton mask, but strangely, they are on the butterfly’s back.
At first glance, he seemed to be looking at the person in front of his giant eyes and crooked teeth. From a distance, that face was nothing more than a skull and was enough to scare off the deadly predator.
