animal-plant hybrids: diamond cholla cactus x Io moth caterpillar

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    4mos ago
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Hybrid 50% animal 50%: diamond cholla cacti (Cylindropuntia ramosissima) x Io moth caterpillars (Automeris io) Full width 16:9 illustration filling the entire image width of a solitary, majestic, fully fused diamond cholla cacti (Cylindropuntia ramosissima) x Io moth caterpillars (Automeris io) hybrid. The animal-plant hybrid is growing in a fictional Southwestern U.S. desert among dry, spiky vegetation and rocky, tan-and-burnt-orange-colored desert soil. The hybrid is shown very close up, making it obvious that the individual, cylindrical segments of the hybrid are actually bright green Io moth caterpillars. Each caterpillar segment has a lateral red stripe above a lateral white stripe, and is covered in light green, stinging spines that perfectly mimic cactus glochids. The entire hybrid has repetitive growth and appears ornate due to the repeated patterns of segments, stripes, and glochid spines. The dry, gray-green grasses and rocky soil also display repetitive patterns, making for an appealing array of attractive patterns in shades of green, tan and burnt orange, gray-green, with the white and red highlights of the caterpillar segment stripes. The pen-and-colored-ink technique allows for exquisite detail, extremely tiny patterns, and lively colors with high color contrast. The poisonous and unusual hybrid is illustrated with painstaking precision and attention to detail.

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Double danger: The spines of the diamond cholla cactus (Cylindropuntia ramosissima) x Io moth caterpillar (Automeris io) are venomous, barbed, and detach easily if you touch them!

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