The Living Forest (216) : Survival of the fittest !

Description

Unbelievable but true.

We had a bit of snowfall the last days and yesterday morning I spotted this caterpillar crawling THROUGH THE SNOW !
Couldn’t believe my eyes, but here’s the prove.

It’s the caterpillar of a Black-veined White (see picture below).

I guess this poor chap must have been disturbed in its hibernation by a bird, a mouse, a rabbit, a squirrel, a mole…..?
After taking the picture, I wished him good luck.

Dutch name : Groot Geaderd Witje (rups)
German name : Baum-Weissling (raupe)
Latin name : Aporia crataegi (ærugini)
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