Ant-⁠mimic Caterpillar

Description

This bizarre species of caterpillar has a series of long protuberances that it waves around. This movement resembles two ants interacting and allows the caterpillar to live amongst these ants, receiving much needed protection from predators. Its raised rear end resembles the head of an alert weaver ant, with two black dots for eyes and its parted hind legs for jaws. It was first recorded in Singapore from a caterpillar found in 2011 feeding on Clerodendrum inerme at Kew Drive, which was reared into an adult moth.