Bareboating the British Virgin Islands

Caterpillar eating the wild frangipani at Davide's Beach. This is a caterpillar of the Hawk Moth, (pseudosphinx tetrio). The caterpillar is very conspicuous with yellow bands on black and having a red head. The caterpillars feed on the poisonous sap of the frangipani, thus becoming poisonous to the birds that might eat the caterpillars.

06/08/03
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