Caption

Young developmental stage of the swallowtail caterpillar, which resembles a pile of bird droppings with its white saddle patch to camouflage itself from predators, Valais, Switzerland, Europe

Date

Jun 13, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Guenter Fischer

Reference

BRK25A91_163

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

43.6Mb (2.1Mb) / 15.9in x 10.7in / 4761 x 3203 (300dpi)

Keywords

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