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These caterpillars can be big pests of forests in Eastern North America. During bad years they can strip a forest clean of their leaves, the trees look like they are bare from winter. They don't seem to be a problem this year though and this was only the second one I have seen this year.
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Came across this lovely Elephant Hawk Moth Caterpillar and several baby ones in my garden today on a Fuchsia plant.
Mystery Caterpillar ???
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Melanitis leda, the common evening brown, is a common species of butterfly found flying at dusk. The flight of this species is erratic. They are found in Africa, South Asia and South-east Asia extending to parts of Australia.
Straight Out Of Camera (SOOC)
A mullein moth caterpillar destroying a plant. The caterpillar is a lot more colourful than the moth...
In Tulsa's Gathering Place - lots of these marsh dagger moth caterpillars along the "enter at your own risk" path...
Larval Lepidoptera on the PATH.
Rockdale County, Georgia, USA.
10 October 2023.
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โ With an extension tube, this was very shallow depth of field. If I had had my wherewithal about me, I might have focus-stacked a few images together. But, as this wee fella was moving so (relatively) fast, I snapped what I could. As such, I was happy to make her/his acquaintance...up close!
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โถ Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M10 II.
โ Lens: Olympus M.45mm F1.8
โ Macro extension tube: 16 mm.
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This was one of the coolest caterpillars that I have ever found. Photographed at Shenandoah National Park in Virginia on 9/8/23.
I have at least two dozen of these caterpillars (the others are still quite small) on a large fennel plant. This is also called Parsley Worm--likes parsley and dill, as well. Yes, the caterpillars eat the plants--but I can sacrifice a plant or two for the sake of increasing the population of those gorgeous (and ecologically valuable) butterflies. Love 'em! (Notice the egg below him and the smaller caterpillar behind his feet!)
Update (the next day): This poor fellow apparently became a bird snack. Sigh. However, several of his siblings remain, growing rapidly. I'm hoping at least a few will survive to become butterflies.
EXPLORE--July 12, 2010
Small Tortoiseshell caterpillars eating nettles leaves. In a few weeks they will become beautiful colorful butterflies.
In a shrubby boneset flower. On the right it looks like an eye and a small antenna poking up from the flower - that's a very small critter...
Didn't have my camera with me when out today so snapped this gorgeous little beauty with my phone. ;0)
Larva of monarch butterfly on milkweed. Columbia, South Carolina. USA
The larva (caterpillar) has five stages (instars), molting at the end of each instar. Instars last about 3 to 5 days, depending on factors such as temperature and food availability.