On 13/8/05 1:14, in article , "ned"
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"Sacha" wrote in message
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And the other day in one of the poly tunnels two people saw another
small,
brown caterpillar exactly imitating a twig. As they touched it, it
sort of
reared up and took on another 'twig shape'.

A lot of the carpet moth caterpillars (and others) adopt that
defensive camouflage technique - usually the 'looper' caterpillars,
the ones with six little legs up front and only two pairs at the rear
end.

It's a pretty effective dodge, because they are not often seen.

That's pretty much what they said. I don't know how they spotted it but
they did say the camouflage was amazingly effective.
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Sacha
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