8 Spectacular Caterpillars That Look Like Snakes
Silver-Spotted Skipper Caterpillar
A brown-headed, yellow-eyed silver spotted skipper caterpillar on a green leaf with a hole.
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We'd suggest that this caterpillar is in the early phases of its evolutionary journey to becoming super snake-like, but with those big orange eye spots, it's getting there! Found throughout the U.S. and southern Canada, the silver-spotted skipper caterpillar is identified by its dark reddish brown head and yellow-orange eye patches. The body of the larvae is yellow, and the prolegs are a vivid orange. The adult silver-spotted skipper butterfly has a wingspread of up to 2 1/2 inches and has a large white spot on the underside of each wing.
A brown-headed, yellow-eyed silver spotted skipper caterpillar on a green leaf with a hole.
JasonOndreicka / Getty Images
We'd suggest that this caterpillar is in the early phases of its evolutionary journey to becoming super snake-like, but with those big orange eye spots, it's getting there! Found throughout the U.S. and southern Canada, the silver-spotted skipper caterpillar is identified by its dark reddish brown head and yellow-orange eye patches. The body of the larvae is yellow, and the prolegs are a vivid orange. The adult silver-spotted skipper butterfly has a wingspread of up to 2 1/2 inches and has a large white spot on the underside of each wing.
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24 November 2023
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