Pub Crawl
For Macro Mondays theme 'Drips, Drops and Splashes'.
This Drinker Moth caterpillar (Euthrix potatoria) is named for its habit of drinking water droplets from the coarse grass stems on which it feeds. This individual appears to have drunk from the water droplet behind it, then crawled along to the next drop.
Very much a right place/right time shot! This species is found throughout the UK, quite common in the south but less so up here in Scotland - a bit surprising, considering its preference for damp habitats! I was lucky enough to spot this caterpillar one morning in between all the rain and showers we have had lately. I thought it had enough curiosity value to make it preferable to the image I had already finished for this week's theme.
Pub Crawl
For Macro Mondays theme 'Drips, Drops and Splashes'.
This Drinker Moth caterpillar (Euthrix potatoria) is named for its habit of drinking water droplets from the coarse grass stems on which it feeds. This individual appears to have drunk from the water droplet behind it, then crawled along to the next drop.
Very much a right place/right time shot! This species is found throughout the UK, quite common in the south but less so up here in Scotland - a bit surprising, considering its preference for damp habitats! I was lucky enough to spot this caterpillar one morning in between all the rain and showers we have had lately. I thought it had enough curiosity value to make it preferable to the image I had already finished for this week's theme.