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

Lao Tzu

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

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“Keep up your faith to go high and fly, even after so many pains and sorrow. You can turn from a caterpillar to a butterfly. Life gives you a second change: a call to grow.”

― Ana Claudia Antunes

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On ragwort flowers

"damn ... spring already ?"

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A swallowtail and a swallowtail caterpillar on wild carrot during sunrise behind morning mist (September 20, 2018, 7:38 am).

The visible shadow side was brightened by a reflector screen.

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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.

Well maybe it's just this mishmash of images that makes no sense but I like it and it's made up of a few shots I took this morning. I started with a visit from my deer family, progressed through some dew covered spiders and webs in the sunlight and ended up with a 4 inch long Imperial Moth caterpillar. Interesting morning. I've been working on my vacation shots to the exclusion of a good slide so I thought I'd craft up something from this morning with the caterpillar and the other images composited together.

If you have forgotten or this is your first time viewing my photostream: Things That Make No Sense are just that, assorted bits of amusement for nothing more than visual curiosity and my idea of what I call art or abstract art. Now a series of sorts, the series is interrupted with photographs that do make sense, or at least make sense to me. You can like them or not but they make me smile.

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On peut observer les adultes sur les fleurs des plantes le jour, où ils capturent de petits insectes mous comme les pucerons, des chenilles et autres dont ils s'alimentent, ainsi que de pollen. Les larves restent au sol où elles mangent de petites limaces, des escargots, et autres larves d'insectes nuisibles des plantes. C'est donc un insecte utile pour le contrôle des parasites.

The adults can be observed on the flowers of plants during the day, where they capture small soft insects such as aphids, caterpillars and the like on which they feed, as well as pollen. The larvae stay on the ground where they eat small slugs, snails, and other plant pest larvae. It is therefore a useful insect for pest control.

Great camouflage...it looks like one of the limbs of the St John's Wort.

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

This colorful Caterpillar will turn into a beautiful swallowtail butterfly. (It is so beautiful in my eyes as it is right now...:) )

Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth, Malacosoma disstria, one above and one below the leaf. Reminded me of that engaging but creepy US TV series about another world connected to ours, but somehow upside down.

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I didn't see this hidden below the flower buds 'till I zoomed in. :-))

Swallowtail

Audierne, Finistère, Brittany, France

Yellow-tail (Euproctis similis)

This is the larvae of a Tussock Moth, adults and larvae both have dangerous barbed hairs and should not be handled and can be painful.

The name Yellow-tail comes from the slight yellow smudge to the wings of the male adult moth.

Photographed last September 2017.

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Of Common crow butterfly

Clicked in my garden

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I took this last summer. I find the shapes fascinating - they make me think of hairy caterpillars - and what a gorgeous colour they are.

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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

Caterpillar close up. Even thought they move so slowly, it's almost to fast if you are a newbee to macro.

The Monarch caterpillars ate up my 3 milkweed plants so in desperation I planted some more. After a few more hours watching and photographing them, I've come to some conclusions. They're in a hurry to eat everything palatable in sight, and they don't like sharing even when there's plenty to go around. I'd liken them to the hummingbirds that visit my yard. They're downright feisty, maybe even gregarious about territory. There's a whole plant here with lots of fresh tasty leaves, and a couple other flower sprigs even, but NO, clearly this is the choice spot. I had no idea.

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