Encuentro con una fascinante oruga 🐛 / Encounter with a fascinating caterpillar 🐛

Saludos hivers, en especial a los que les gustan los insectos y todos esos bichos que la mayoría sale corriendo cuando los ven 🤣🤣. Cada vez que voy al parque La Estación, (uno de los dos parques que están en mi ciudad), tengo interesantes encuentros con animales e insectos. En esta oportunidad la protagonista fue una oruga 🐛.

Greetings hivers, especially those who like insects and all those bugs that most run away when they see them 🤣🤣. Every time I go to La Estación park (one of the two parks in my city), I have interesting encounters with animals and insects. This time the protagonist was a caterpillar 🐛.

Las orugas son larvas de insectos, para ser más exactos, de los Lepidoptera, conocidos por todos como mariposas 🦋. Tienen apariencia de gusanos pero a diferencia de ellos, las orugas tienen patas, seis pares que son verdaderos y cinco pares de patas falsas o pseudopatas, sus cuerpos están formados por varios segmentos y suelen tener colores muy llamativos para advertir de su toxicidad o colores camuflajeados para pasar desapercibidas entre el follaje y la tierra y así engañar a los depredadores.

Caterpillars are insect larvae, to be more exact, Lepidoptera, known to everyone as butterflies 🦋. They look like worms but unlike them, caterpillars have legs, six pair of which are true and five pairs of false legs or pseudolegs, their bodies are made up of several segments and they usually have very striking colors to warn of their toxicity or camouflage colors to protect them go unnoticed between the foliage and the ground and thus deceive predators.


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Yo caminaba por el parque cuando vi a esta amiga a la orilla de las caminerías de cemento que hay allí para que la gente no pise las áreas verdes, algo que por cierto no se cumple mucho porque no hay casi nada de grama 🥴, hay muchísimos árboles y vegetación pero grama, no jajaja 🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️. Bueno, me pareció que esta oruga corría peligro de ser aplastada así que la tomé con un palito y la puse lejos de ahí al pie de un árbol, no sin antes tomarle algunas fotos jejeje.

I was walking through the park when I saw this friend on the edge of the cement paths that are in the park so that people don't step on the green areas, something that by the way isn't done much because there is almost no grass 🥴, there are many trees and vegetation but grass, no hahaha 🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️. Well, it seemed to me that this caterpillar was in danger of being crushed so I took her with a stick and put her away from there at the foot of a tree, but not before taking some photos of her hehehe.


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Esas patitas que parecen ganchos son las patas verdaderas de esta oruga / Those little legs that look like hooks are the real legs of this caterpillar



Buscando en Internet y guiándome por las fotos, esta oruga tiene una semejanza casi del 90% con la oruga de la mariposa nocturna Periphoba arcaei, conocida como Mariposa conejito o Polilla de conejo, aunque puedo estar equivocada. Su hábitat de distribución está entre México y Colombia así que probablemente pertenezca a esta especie.

Searching the Internet and guided by photos, this caterpillar has an almost 90% resemblance to the caterpillar of the night butterfly Periphoba arcaei, known as the Bunny Butterfly or Rabbit Moth, although I could be wrong. Its distribution habitat is between Mexico and Colombia so she probably belongs to this species.


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Quedé fascinada con su tamaño y su cuerpo de colores pastel combinado a la perfección con todas esas pequeñas espinas de intenso amarillo fosforescente que estaban mayormente concentradas hacia la cabeza y el tronco superior. Se movía pausadamente con mucha elegancia.

I was fascinated by her size and her pastel-colored body combined perfectly with all those small spines of intense phosphorescent yellow that were mostly concentrated towards the head and upper trunk. She moved slowly with great elegance.


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Al principio pensé que la cabeza estaba del lado donde están las antenas pero resulta que no es así jajaja 🤷🏻‍♀️, una forma de saberlo es porque la cabeza está donde están las patas reales.

At first I thought the head was on the side where the antennas are but it turns out that's not the case hahaha 🤷🏻‍♀️, one way to tell is because the head is where the actual legs are.


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Las patas falsas o pseudopatas / False legs or pseudolegs


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Tanto las espinas que cubren todo su cuerpo como estas antenas que se encuentran en la parte posterior son como pequeñas jeringas llenas de unas sustancias llamadas acetylchone e histamina, las cuales son altamente urticantes y producen una fuerte sensación de quemadura y picazón al contacto con la piel del ser humano 😬 / Both the spines that cover her entire body and these antennae that are found on the back are like small syringes filled with substances called acetylchone and histamine, which are highly stinging and produce a strong burning and itching sensation upon contact with the human skin 😬



Esta pequeña es tan hermosa como peligrosa, si te gustan los insectos quieres tomarla en tus manos pero sabes que el precio a pagar será muy alto 🥴😬🤣, un solo roce de esas graciosas antenas o de una de esas espinas del color de la alegría serán suficientes para darte cuenta que la única que al final estará alegre será la oruga jajaja. La naturaleza no sólo es sabía, también es considerada con los demás porque te da señales que debes respetar, espinas y colores llamativos significan una sola cosa, NO ME TOQUES 🤚🏻⚠️⛔.

This little girl is as beautiful as she is dangerous, if you like insects you want to take her in your hands but you know that the price to pay will be very high 🥴😬🤣, a single touch of those funny antennae or one of those thorns that have the color of joy they will be enough to realize that the only one who will be happy in the end will be the caterpillar hahaha. Nature is not only wise, she's also considerate of others because she gives you signs that you must respect, thorns and bright colors mean one thing, DON'T TOUCH ME 🤚🏻⚠️⛔.


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Esta hermosa oruga seguramente ya se convirtió en una gran mariposa 🐛✨🦋. Fue muy interesante poder observarla detalladamente y ver una vez más cómo la naturaleza obra de manera tan perfecta sin importar el tamaño que tengan sus creaciones, de hecho, cuando te gustan los insectos te das cuenta de que mientras más pequeños, más fascinantes son 😍.

This beautiful caterpillar has surely already turned into a big butterfly 🐛✨🦋. It was very interesting to be able to observe her in detail and see once again how nature works so perfectly regardless of the size of her creations. In fact, when you like insects you realize that the smaller they are, the more fascinating 😍.

Bueno amigos, espero que les haya gustado esta publicación y recuerden que el mundo está lleno de pequeñas maravillas como esta oruga. Muchas gracias por su tiempo. Salud y felicidad infinitas para todos 🌞🍀.

Well friends, I hope you liked this post and remember that the world is full of small wonders like this caterpillar. Thank you very much for your time. Infinite health and happiness for everyone 🌞🍀.


Todas las fotos fueron hechas y editadas por mi con mi celular Redmi 9T y me pertenecen / All photos were taken and edited by me with my Redmi 9T cellphone and they belong to me


Gracias por leer, compartir, apoyar, votar y comentar.
Hasta la próxima.

¡Miau!


Thanks for read, share, vote and comment.

Until next post.

Meow!



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Good find!... A species which I had not seen before. It seems to me possibly under the genus Automeris but I'm not sure... Excellent post @gatubela friend!

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Yes, maybe they are relatives but the caterpillar of the Automeris it's completely green so that's why I think it's not one of then. I'm glad you liked it and thanks for your support my friend @jlinaresp 😺🤘🏻🤗

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I learned a lesson not to touch caterpillars with "furry" bits when I was young.
It was very painful.

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😬🥴 oh, 😵, I'm sorry for you, I have no doubt that you learned your lesson 🤣🤣 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Yes, i also learned that there isnt much your parents can do while they are driving & you are screaming in the back of the car 🤣

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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤷🏻‍♀️

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