Really Cool Processing

Hi, Guys - The caterpillar on the left has a dark spot towards the back - can you see it? Not the very back, but about 1/3 or the way towards the front. (I know it's a little blurry - sorry) That is actually two parasites - you can see them moving around inside the caterpillar - EWWWW!!









This is a cool caterpillar I found yesterday - doesn't it look like it's wearing a helmet? It's the first one we've found from the Hesperiidae (skipper) family - I could only identify it to the genus level - it is an Erynnis (something)