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The Camouflaged Looper: these caterpillars fashion their own camouflage by collecting flower petals/vegetation and using silk to "glue" the pieces onto their bodies

Often referred to as "camouflaged loopers," the caterpillars are the larvae of the wavy-lined emerald moth (Synchlora aerata).

Camouflaged loopers deploy a unique form of self-defense -- they snip off tiny pieces of the flowers upon which they feed, then use bits of silk to attach the vegetation to their backs. This provides them with a kind of camouflage, enabling them to blend in with the plants that they eat.

Some of them create little tufts that run along their backs, while others fashion a thicker camouflage that covers their backs completely. In some cases, the camouflaged loopers will even build much larger bundles that surround their entire bodies.

Their range includes most of North America (from southern Canada down through Texas) and they can feed upon an enormous variety of plants, so the disguises that these caterpillars build can come in countless colors, shapes, and sizes, incorporating many different flowers and other plants.

And this is what the fully-developed moth looks like:

Sources & More Info:

Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy: Wavy-Lined Emerald, Master of Disguise

Maryland Biodiversity Project: Wavy-Lined Emerald Moth (Synchlora aerata)

The Caterpillar Lab: Camouflaged Looper

University of Alberta Museums: Synchlora aerata

Missouri Department of Conservation: Wavy-Lined Emerald

Nebraskaland Magazine: The Amazing Camouflaged Looper

Lake County Forest Preserves: Camouflage Revealed

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David Lynch, selections from 2021’s “Distorted Nudes” photogravures.

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David Lynch (1946 – 2025)

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David Lynch, selected paintings and lithographs.

“When I’m not painting, I’m thinking about painting.”-David

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“I don’t care about anyone, and the feeling is quite obviously mutual.”

— Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

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David Hamilton, la danseuse (hommage à Degas)

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“Mother of otherness Eat me.”

— Sylvia Plath, from Selected Poems; “Who,”

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Mahmoud Darwish, tr. by A.M. El Messeri, from The Palestinian Wedding: A Bilingual Anthology of Contemporary Palestinian Resistance Poetry; "A Lover from Palestine"

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Victoria Chang, Obit

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Hieu Minh Nguyen, from “Staying Quiet"

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i won't punish you with words, my absence is punishment enough

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"dead doesn't mean absent...", tathev simonyan

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it bothers me so much that i can't go out on walks alone because i have agoraphobia... and it's almost certain at least one stranger will talk directly to me to ask for directions or just to fucking bother me

they seem to smell my fear and get off on making me feel terrified

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Franz Kafka, 1912