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The World of Minibeasts

The ? Owlet - A Vicious Disease

 

Eine bösartige Krankheit

A couple of days later the green color had turned into dirty olive. José opened the weaving, and the catastrophe became obvious:

Under the translucent skin of the bloated, lifeless body a pattern of whitish oval spots had appeared. A vicious disease had killed the caterpillar. 


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Photograph by Jose Verkest, text by Maria Pfeifer