(a species of owlet moth (Noctuid)) Some caterpillars, after they emerge from their egg, can increase their weight by 25,000 times.

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References

  • Whitehead, VB and Steiner, KE (2001) Oil-collecting bees of the winter rainfall area of South Africa (Melittidae, Rediviva). Annals of the South African Museum 108: 143-277.
  • Steiner, KE and Whitehead, VB (1990) Pollinator adaptation to oil-secreting flowers - Rediviva and Diascia. Evolution 44(6): 1701-1707.
  • Vogel, S and Michener, CD (1985) Long bee legs and oil-producing floral spurs, and a new Rediviva (Hymenoptera, Melittidae; Scrophulariaceae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 58(2): 359-364.
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