This yellow and black caterpillar builds itself a protective tube of silk by binding together umbellifera flowers. It browses on the flowers while keeping its tail within the tube. At the slightest unexpected movement it instantly pulls itself back into the safety of its tube, Pett Level, Sussex, UK., 08 June 2004.

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This yellow and black caterpillar builds itself a protective tube of silk by binding together umbellifera flowers. It browses on the flowers while keeping its tail within the tube. At the slightest unexpected movement it instantly pulls itself back into the safety of its tube, Pett Level, Sussex, UK., 08 June 2004.

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