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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
Are you afraid of rubbing urticating nettles? This is not the case with this black caterpillar, which feeds on it with delight. Its appearance can inspire fear and mistrust, but it will soon take the form of a magnificent butterfly, the European peacock (aglais io).
Natural Reserve of the Etang des Landes, Lussat (Creuse), France.
Small Tortoiseshell caterpillars eating nettles leaves. In a few weeks they will become beautiful colorful butterflies.
Didn't have my camera with me when out today so snapped this gorgeous little beauty with my phone. ;0)
Shot on Thursday morning in Keansburg iwth my Contax IIIa on Santa Color 100 and developed in ECN-2.
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.
Focus stacked 38 images to get the proper DOF of this little guy. (I'm glad he didn't move during all them shots)
This caterpillar must have tough teeth as it was chewing up the leaves of this woody plant!
October 2013
Photos Jean
I had never seen one of these before he crawled onto my deck chair here in Ohio. I think he may be the cutest caterpillars I've ever seen.
I was glad to find this beauty in the La Crosse River Marsh. I didn't see a mourning cloak butterfly this year so it was nice to find the caterpillar.
Eating the last of the Milkweed. Please don't miss the little face peaking out from the leaf below and to the left of the main subject! Too cute.
Black swallowtail caterpillar showing orange osmeterium partly everted - the defensive organ found in all stages of growth of papilionid larvae. It is everted when the larva feels threatened, perhaps as I had the macro lens a little too close!
The everted organ resembles a fleshy forked tongue not unlike a snake tongue and this along with the large eye like spots on the body might be used to startle birds and small reptiles.
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Schmetterlingsraupe / Butterfly Caterpillar - Steyrling - Gemeinde Klaus an der Pyhrnbahn - Pyhrn-Priel Region - Oberösterreich / Upper Austria - Österreich / Austria
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This is one of the ‘4th generation’ of Monarch Caterpillars.
Once it emerges from pupation, it will fly nearly 4,000 miles to it’s wintering site in Mexico.
For the complete life cycle of the Monarch > www.monarch-butterfly.com/life-span.html
The 'Spot the Wood Tic' prize goes to Jim !!
Habe die unbekannte Raupe aus der Regentonne vor dem Ertrinken gerettet. - I´ve saved the small caterpillar from drawning in a rain tub.
Not sure of the ID of these, but this was a branch literally alive with these Caterpillars. This was a close up of two of them.
Soon this fat little monarch caterpillar will begin to form its pupa and will emerge about two weeks later as a newly minted monarch butterfly, just in time to join the monarchs migrating through on their way to the east coast and then south to Mexico.
How they retain the instinct to fly south through several generations of summer butterflies remains one of nature's enduring mysteries.