"I guess you would look sad if you had my life. I've just fallen out of a tree, landed with thump on the ground, and my head hurts. Now I have to climb all the way back up or there's no dinner for me tonight. One has to eat ! Yesterday my friend fell too but I haven't seen him since. Maybe he was stepped on by a human, there's a few of them about, or got eaten by one of those nasty Calosoma beetles. I've never even met my mum and dad and so I get no support from them. Life can be really difficult sometimes. Sigh.......!"

Lymantria dispar - the Gypsy Moth (larva), Vallee l'Ibie, Lagorce, Ardèche, France

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Doi Suthep-Pui NP, Chaing Mai, Thailand

Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Oenochrominae
Species: Abraxaphantes perampla

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My garden, Swindon, U.K.

Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Ennominae
Species : Abraxas grossulariata

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Chiang Mai, Thailand

Order : Lepidoptera
Family : Sphingidae
Sub-Family : Sphinginae
Genus : Acherontia
Species : Acherontia styx

Interesting little guy, very well camouflaged and very difficult to spot.

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Stanton Park, Swindon, U.K.

Family : Noctuidae
Subfamily : Acronictinae
Species : Acronicta psi

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