image source: brahmaeidae.blogspot.com
Habitat: Russian Far East, the Korean Peninsula and China
Status: No Conservation Concerns
The caterpillar of the Sino-Korean Owl Moth (Brahmaea certhia) looks like something straight out of a Tim Burton art exhibit. Tell me you can't see this thing in some dark, twisted version of Alice in Wonderland (playing the smoking caterpillar of course)?
Even after it transforms into its adult moth version it is still pretty intimidating. Someone show this to Tim Burton ASAP! Okay, okay, give me his contact info and I guess I'll do it. *sigh*
4 comments:
Reminds me of something out of Alice in Wonderland. Very surreal.
Dani @ ONNO Hemp Clothing
I actually managed to raise these (or a related species anyway) The caterpillars eat privet and they get huge - about 7cm long and as thick as your finger.
The last picture is not Brahmaea certhia but Brahmaea wallichii.
Thanks! Correcting that!
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