See-through Jewel Caterpillar

Here's a photo of the Jewel Caterpillar (Acraga coa), snapped by Gerardo Aizpuru near Cancun, and submitted to Project Noah. Be sure to click through for other views. Wow.

Photo take in a mangrove area , found this Stoning translucent caterpillar lay on a Red Mangrove tree leaf this morning early. Just can believe there is some species like this around the world. looks like made of glass whit small red mushroom inside every pic. about 3 cm long.

Jewel Caterpillar (via Geekologie)

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Brad H.

Looks like a delectable gelatin-based desert. Or you know, agar agar.
GawainLavers

Huh, did you just steal Mark’s post? I read that about half an hour ago, now it’s gone…
- http://vertigo25.tumblr.com/ vertigo25
  
  Xeni will post it next.
- Mark_Frauenfelder
  
  No, Cory wrote his post first, but scheduled it to run after mine. So he gets first dibs.
  - GawainLavers
    
    What, no “snooze and lose” policy at BoingBoing? I thought this was the gritty, cutthroat bleeding-edge of journalism!
    - Mark_Frauenfelder
      
      I snoozed and loozed.
      - http://www.jjsaul.com Jim Saul
        
        Snost and Lost? (I think I hear bells)
      - DewiMorgan
        
        Snoze and loze?
      - DewiMorgan
        
        Snoze and loze?
      - GawainLavers
        
        I thought I’d seen things like this happen before, now I know why.
  - arsey
    
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http://twitter.com/cjporkchop cjporkchop

Can’t decide if it’s pretty because of the way it looks, or disgusting because it’s clear and full of clear caterpillar gut goop.
teaninja

the moth it becomes is equally stunning!
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/acraga-coa
http://pinterest.com/pin/122230577356915251/
- EH
  
  FYI, Tumblr uses a frame-breaker, for all of you RSS service users out there.
- awjt
  
  I used to be a pretty transparent person too, but then I grew a beard to cover up my inadequacies. They still show through.
- http://www.jjsaul.com Jim Saul
  
  Astounding.
- Ultan
  
  I was hoping it turned into a transparent butterfly, for instance those of genus Pteronymia, Episcada, Greta, Heterosais, Hypoleria, Ithomia, Oleria or Pseudoscada. All of these are found near Montaverde, Costa Rica.
  - Antinous / Moderator
    
    Clearwing butterflies
Robert

Any pictures of this thing that aren’t from this month? They’re just suspiciously weird:

http://trasyy.livejournal.com/882165.html
http://noctilucent-studios.blogspot.com/ Noctilucent Studios

This is just too wonderful for words….and the moth it turns into is not at all what I was expecting.

So many beautiful things on this planet.
Cowicide

What would happen if you smoked or ate this caterpillar? I’m just askin’ questions.
- Ipo
  
  You’d probably get very, very stunned.
Eric Schmidt

ANy pics that show legs, mouthparts, etc? At this point I’m reasonably sure the thing is glass or something.
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  If you do a GIS for the binomial, there are different views and some in other colors.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Edmond-Dantes/100003184167706 Edmond Dantes

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http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=3414374 Celeste Kidd McGovern

I see your Jewel Caterpillar and raise you a Spun Glass Caterpillar: http://redditlurker.com/pics/Post/t3_t7xr2
Aeron

*suddenly stops eating Gummy Bears*