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Trametes versicolor, known as Coriolus versicolor and Polyporus versicolor or Turkey Tail, is a wood rotting mushroom that can be found found throughout the world, in a wide variety of mixed colours. In nature, the mushroom it’s eaten by the caterpillar of the fungus moth.
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The Monarch Butterfly Chrysalis.
Once fully accomplished the larval stage, the caterpillar grown big enough is on its way to becoming a butterfly. After firmly attached on a branch, the caterpillar will twitch until it will finally shed its exoskeleton revealing the chrysalis beneath. Although the chrysalis appears to be [...]
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Caterpillar on lilac.
Because the caterpillars consume large quantities of food, they are usually considered some troublesome insects, but this is only half of their story. The other half reveals the butterfly caterpillar, an insect determined to eat and grow in order to become a butterfly. Relaying on its antennae to detect [...]