Mangrove Skipper Caterpillar - Phocides pigmalion
Description:
Secret Woods Nature Center, Broward Cnty, FLHosting on the Red Mangrove, and rarely seen during the day. This caterpillar wraps itself in a flap it creates by cutting slits in a leaf at the front and back. Using it's silk to fold the flap over it.
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