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

Lao Tzu

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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

Corupá - Brazil.

"damn ... spring already ?"

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In my backyard

Corupá - Brazil.

The caterpillars of the silver-studded blue have a close relationship with ants! The ants protect the caterpillars from predators and parasites, in return they get to feed on a sugary substance that the caterpillars produce. When the caterpillars are ready to pupate, they do so in a shallow chamber just below the ground - often in ant nests. The ants will attend the pupa just as they did the caterpillar, and can even be seen swarming around the newly-emerged adult butterflies, offering them some protection as they wait for their wings to dry.

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

Chenille de Papilio Machaon (merci à www.flickr.com/photos/patrick_merminod/ pour l'info) d'environ 6 cm.

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The Black Knight of caterpillars. Sphinx eremitus,

a monarch butterfly caterpillar

Don't want to pick this fellow up . . .

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Early stage Drinker Moth caterpillar.Fully grown caterpillars are up to 7cm in length. They are dark grey with golden speckling and have brown hair tufts along the body.

Swallowtail

Audierne, Finistère, Brittany, France

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I spotted this Viceroy caterpillar in a tree yesterday while 3 of us were out hunting clubtails again. Hadn't seen a Viceroy cat in awhile. Not sure of the tree - they use several as their host plants. The adult Viceroys spend most of their time in the open wetlands.

>> Viceroy caterpillar, yesterday at the wetlands - N. Georgia

See recent shot of a Viceroy - similar to a Monarch in appearance.

Rustic Sphinx, Manduca rustica (Sphingidae) on Texas Willow

Peacock butterfly caterpillar

Emperor caterpillar in my garden

This colourful character is happilly munching my buddleia but I cant be mad with such a gorgeous creature!

Of Common crow butterfly

Clicked in my garden

My Photoblog- My Third Eye...!

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.