From gummy-like caterpillars to flying dragons, some of these creatures hide in plain sight. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE – Rumbustious critters like the red junglefowl and smooth-coated otters are familiar to many in Singapore, but other wild residents of this city-state are hidden in plain sight.
The first name is derived from the caterpillar’s behaviour of crawling about on its smooth, sticky abdomen. Cup moth larvae can be found in two main forms – gelatine caterpillars and those studded with stinging spines, as described by wildlife photographer John Horstman, who has more than 2,200 photos of these caterpillars.can glide from tree to tree using its patagium, a flap at the side of its body.
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