“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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“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

Close up of a tiny Monarch caterpillar underneath a Milkweed leaf. These caterpillars are everywhere, beautiful butterflies soon!

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

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In my backyard

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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.

The swallowtail caterpillar was very surprised to see a small spider in close proximity.

Die Raupe des Schwalbenschwanz war sehr überrascht, eine kleine Spinne in unmittelbarer Nähe zu sehen.

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Taken in Lichfield

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

He flew away FAST and posed for no more shots. Lightly marked with a lot of blue for a male. These are from wild swallowtails that laid eggs in our yard ... that I took in after predators took out half of the caterpillars in one night last August. They've been with me 8 months ... and more still to open!

UPDATE 4-24-22: we've released 8 - including 4 in one day - all healthy! As of 4-26-22 hoping we released one more ...

Swallowtail

Audierne, Finistère, Brittany, France

A caterpillar in my garden

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Emperor caterpillar in my garden

Adding this one to the top of the list of crazy caterpillars that I have found. Photographed at Conowingo Dam in Maryland.

Of Common crow butterfly

Clicked in my garden

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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.

Another Sunday, another featherless day. This caterpillar of the Monarch butterfly is feeding on the flower buds of the Milkweed.

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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