A very hungry caterpillar This western tent caterpillar, Malacosoma californicum, is munching its way through the leaves of a thistle plant as it prepares to build its cocoon. The caterpillar captured the attention of Kathy Barnhart while she was eating lunch in Mt. Diablo, California, near San Francisco. Bamhart photographed the insect using a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi. The caterpillar will trade in its flashy blue and orange stripes by mid-July, when it metamorphoses into a more subdued reddish-brown moth.
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机译：一条非常饿的毛毛虫西部的毛毛虫californicum，在准备建立茧的过程中，正在刺穿蓟树的叶子。毛毛虫在凯瑟·巴恩哈特（Kathy Barnhart）在山上吃午餐时引起了她的注意。加利福尼亚的暗黑破坏神，靠近旧金山。班哈特使用佳能EOS Digital Rebel XTi拍摄了昆虫。到7月中旬，毛毛虫变态为柔和的红棕色飞蛾时，它将以其华而不实的蓝色和橙色条纹进行交易。
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