Puss Caterpillar
Soft look, sharp sting.
Animal Habitats
Shrubland
Areas dominated by shrubs and bushes, including chaparral and heathland
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Shrubland Animals
Swallowtail Butterfly
Big wings, bold tails, secret defenses
Swallowtail Caterpillar
Pop the osmeterium-stay alive!
Woolly Bear Caterpillar
Fuzzy forecast-or forest forager?
Tenrec
Many forms, one Malagasy family
Crab-Eating Fox
Adaptable 'not-a-fox' of South America
Ground Squirrel
Burrow smart. Whistle loud. Survive.
Golden Mole
Not true moles-Africa's sand swimmers
Florida Mouse
Florida's scrubland burrow mouse
Spalax
Masters of life underground
Diminutive Woodrat
Desert's master hoarder and builder
Deer Mouse
Bicolored tail, big-range survivor
Mountain Beaver
The "beaver" that never builds dams
Patagonian Cavy
Patagonia's long-legged "hare" rodent
Bamboo Rat
Asia's underground bamboo engineers
Agouti
The forest's seed-burying sprinters
African Elephant
Big ears, bigger impact.
Forest Cuckoo Bumblebee
All buzz-no workers.
Gypsy Cuckoo Bumblebee
No nest. No workers. All takeover.
Yellowish Cuckoo Bumblebee (formerly Fernald's Cuckoo Bumblebee)
The nest-hijacking bumblebee
Lemon Cuckoo Bumblebee
No workers. No pollen. All infiltration.
Field Cuckoo Bumblebee
No workers. Just takeover.
Red-Tailed Cuckoo Bumblebee
The bumblebee that steals a colony
Vestal Cuckoo Bumblebee
Pollinator and colony hijacker.