Humboldt County’s favorite nature guide John “Griff” Griffith has returned with another informative redwood-side chat from one of our local parks.

In today’s episode, Griff riffs about the sneaky Lorquin’s admiral butterfly and its poop-mimicking offspring. 

“That is the Lorquin’s admiral’s baby,” Griffith says in the video. “That is their caterpillar. It looks just like bird poop. It’s using Batsian mimicry in its larval form to look like its predator’s poop. Can you believe that? How did that happen?”