Image of Chestnut-backed Antshrike
Description:
Finally, after observing the caterpillar for some time, decided not to capture him. It is the toxic caterpillar of the moth Pseudosphinx tetrio. Its color pattern, aposematic, indicates to the birds, unpleasant taste and toxicity, because of the latex content in plants that these caterpillars eat.
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