Colorful caterpillars
There is an enormous variety of shapes, sizes and coloration among the caterpillars. The appearance of some caterpillars it conceals very well in the environment, and others that are brightly colored-particularly frequent feature among the species with poisonous caterpillars, for example, moth caterpillars Callimorpha jacobaenae.
Although the majority of larvae feeding on plants are species whose caterpillars keep predatory lifestyle. Some eat aphids, and in Hawaii there are several species whose caterpillars have specialized in catching flies. Confusingly similar to these branches, which confuses the flies that do not sit down when the are immediately consumed.
Caterpillars have large, well-developed mouth organs which enable them to przegryzanie relatively hard materials. Caterpillars moths, widespread species of insects can bite through various man-made fibers with very high hardness. Although they are not able to digest, it causes a loss, because in many areas are a serious problem.
Jumping beans are the seeds of a Mexican plant, which is not actually beans. This name stems from the fact that its seeds look like beans and "jumping" under the influence of violent movements of larvae staying in the middle. When a caterpillar wygryzie starting hole, jumping bean seeds cease to move.
Some caterpillars are serious pests that destroy crops and harvest cotton, grain or cabbage. Other tracks play a positive role, for example, in Australia there are numerous moths caterpillars in leaf litter and humus-producing regions in other earthworms perform this function.