Squeaking silk moth, Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi, China (© Thomas Marent/Minden Pictures)

【January 15 2014】The squeaking silk moth (Rhodinia fugax), lives up to its common name: The larvae emit a high-pitched chirp when they feel threatened. They even squeak while in their cocoons, a kind of pint-sized burglar alarm. And if the squeaking isn't already a strange enough adaptation, the cocoon itself looks like the pitcher plant, a carnivorous plant. With its open top, the cocoon is a rarity among the larval structures of moths and butterflies. A drain in the bottom prevents the cocoon from filling with water when it rains. Hey, when you spend the first part of your life as a nearly defenseless, and probably tasty, morsel, you do what you can to survive.Explore breathtaking Gallery from the HuluTrip homepage over the past 5 years..