This beautiful, papery thin and fragile white flower belongs to Sagittaria latifolia (Broadleaf Arrowhead), which I captured on my shoreline on ... Lake Arrowhead. I've tried to identify the caterpillar that is appreciating it, but haven't had any luck - I can see what looks like a row of brown arrows along its back. Is it an Arrowhead caterpillar on an Arrowhead plant on Lake Arrowhead?
Update: the caterpillar appears to be the larval stage of a Eupithecia moth, could be Eupithecia miserulata.
4 comments:
Always wanted to know what an arrowhead flower looked like... very pretty little flower.
It's interesting that the caterpillar has arrowhead markings on its body!
They're incredibly delicate. Love 'em.
I also thought the shape of the markings were incredibly interesting on that type of flower.
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