Pipevine Swallowtail caterpillars caught my eye yesterday and I had to take a few photos. What neat caterpillars they are!
When one is touched, it rears its head and thorax back, extends it's normally retracted osmeterium, and startles people and critters that hasn't seen such behaviour before.
Many of these caterpillars remind me of old science fiction horror movies. The monsters were often simply enlarged and slightly modified insects.
The back prolegs of the same caterpillar as pictured above are not what we'd expect. The colors are natural - we didn't change them for the photo.
What is the value of these critters?
Most people shudder at the sight of the above caterpillar. Value = paying for insecticides to kill them.
But the adult butterfly is valuable to nearly anyone. The males have iridescent blue on their hindwings. Value = people will pay to visit a butterfly exhibit to see them.
Value is truly in the eye of the beholder as far as we humans go. Most humans value the adult butterfly but not the caterpillar.
How blessed we are that God doesn't see us the same way. We're all valuable in the eyes of God. Our value is worth the blood of his son.
I rarely quote John 3:16 simply because it's quoted so often and so many people know that verse. But in some situations, it's the most appropriate verse in the Bible. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son; Jesus Christ."
That's putting a pretty high value on us. We thank God ...
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