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

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

Zebrarups

On ragwort flowers

Corupá - Brazil.

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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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In my backyard

I always go around when it's catterpillar time and collect them up. They get thrown over the fence, it's ok we dont have neighbours at the back.

From the archives

Have a good one

Caterpillar

I spotted this one crawling along a Daisy stem.

"Smerinthus ocellata" - pauwoogpijlstaart

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

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.

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

Danaus plexippus

Saratoga Spa State Park

caterpillar....

The Black Knight of caterpillars. Sphinx eremitus,

Swallowtail

Audierne, Finistère, Brittany, France

Rustic Sphinx, Manduca rustica (Sphingidae) on Texas Willow

Tyria jacobaeae

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

Created for TMI's March contest: Rain Drops.

This is not SOOC! It's a composite created from three components: the background (leaf with raindrop) via Pixabay and two caterpillar images via PixelSquid.

Of Common crow butterfly

Clicked in my garden

My Photoblog- My Third Eye...!

California

rups van koninginnepage -

Machaon caterpillar

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.

Lackford Lakes