“What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.”

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A lowish crop of weeds beside a carpark, seen against the background of a cream coloured corrugated iron fence.

Caterpillars /ˈkætərˌpɪlər/ are the larval stagee of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths).

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On ragwort flowers

Corupá - Brazil.

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This was one of a number feeding on a ceanosis in a neighbour's garden. The adult male of the species is easily recognisable by their rich reddish brown forewings. The females are virtually wingless and are unable to fly and remain close to the papal cocoon. They are found throughout Europe, temperate Asia, Siberia and the USA. As with most hairy caterpillars, the bristles are connected to venomous glands and function as a defensive barrier to would-be predators and cause irritation to the skin. They feed on the foliage of various trees and shrubs.

Broadwater Warren RSPB, Kent.

Normally found in their hundreds munching away on yellow-flowered ragwort, and their bold black-and-gold stripes make them easy to identify.

This year although there were hundreds of Ragwort plants only a few had caterpillars.

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The Spanish moth, Xanthopastis timais (Cramer), is unmistakable for any other moth in Florida. The larvae are likewise very colorful, and have been called convict caterpillars. The larvae are occasional pests of lilies, mainly in Amaryllidaceae.

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An awesome little caterpillar that my son found for me at Shenandoah National Park in Virginia.

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Came across this little guy while out on the north york moors.

In my North Georgia yard during a much better year for them. I didn't have a single egg laid this past season. Yet it was great for Monarchs (news on them coming soon). These have always been one of the scarcest swallowtails in my area. Have a good weekend ...

Swallowtail

Audierne, Finistère, Brittany, France

A caterpillar in my garden

Covered in Parasitic wasp eggs .

San Isidro lodge , Ecuador

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Of Common crow butterfly

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I'm still on a high having now found FIVE different hummingbird hawkmoth caterpillars at St Cyrus nature reserve. When I found the first one, I had my MP-E 65mm lens with me (so could fit only a small portion of the caterpillar in the frame), but I was able to return and re-find this one to get a full body shot with my regular macro lens.

I've found three final instars (4th and 6th August) and two smaller instars (maybe 2nd/3rd instars; 8th August). I soooo hope to see some moths on the reserve too.

I finally found one! Of course he was out in the open, in plain sight so it would have been hard Not to see him. He was traveling along a rusty hand rail at the speed of light and I had to keep backing up to get the shot. :) I don't know what kind he is, but he was very hairy..... probably hasn't been able to see his hair dresser because of the covid thing. I don't know. ;) I was at an aqueduct just north of Paw Paw West Virginia.

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The only creature (that we can catch), so far, that I have had to say no to Evan holding due to the potential rash or irritation it can cause.

I think it's possibly a Brown Tail Caterpillar but please correct me if I'm wrong.

Standhisround and Jeff have probably correctly identified him as a Knot Grass Caterpillar

Dagger Moth Caterpillar. Photographed in Pennsylvania.

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