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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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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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.

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Caterpillar

I spotted this one crawling along a Daisy stem.

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.

Lagartas em Maio

a monarch butterfly caterpillar

Swallowtail

Audierne, Finistère, Brittany, France

Emperor caterpillar in my garden

Two brown ones are the same are Ruby tiger caterpillars. The two dark ones are Foxmoth caterpillars. I saw loads of them in different sizes. I guess the Foxmoth is a successful species.

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Machaon caterpillar

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

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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

Tyria jacobaeae

Lackford Lakes

Cleethorpes

I see Swallow Tails in the area, but never in the garden feeding. But I bought the plants anyway, in the hopes they would use them.I thought at least maybe the rabbit will much on it. The yesterday I found 9 caterpillars!

I wouldn't touch it.

Spiny Oak Slug

Made in Chile

Raupenschlepper hat es schon immer gegeben und immer waren es die großen Guts Höfe die einen hatten. Durchgesetzt haben sie sich nie. Zu schwer zu teuer . Vielleicht muss sich ein jeder ein Statemet setzen mal so ein Ding gehabt zu haben.

The only edible part of the Everlasting is the center because the petals are paper like.

Caterpillar (ID needed) eating out a hole in a leaf.

Gąsienica (potrzebne ID) wyjadająca dziurę w liściu.

Danaus gilippus

One more photo of this big and beautiful caterpillar, which I've seen not far from my home. It was about 7-8 cm. long :)

The privet hawk moth (Sphinx ligustri) is a moth found in most of the Palearctic ecozone. It has to 11 centimetres wingspan (generally deflexed at rest), and is found in urban areas, forests and woodlands. The caterpillar is big, green with white and purple stripes. The larvae are usually found between July and August. As its name describes, the caterpillars feed on privets, as well as ash trees, lilacs, jasmine, and a number of other plants.

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Jeszcze jedno zdjęcie tej dużej gąsienicy, którą wypatrzyłam na krzaczku przy ulicy. Miała jakieś 7-8 cm. długości :)

Zawisak tawulec (Sphinx ligustri) – gatunek nocnego motyla z rodziny zawisakowatych. Występuje w lasach liściastych i mieszanych (z dużym udziałem jesionu), oraz w parkach i na łąkach, gdzie kwitnie ligustr. Rozpiętość skrzydeł dorosłego motyla dochodzi do 10-11 cm. Gąsienica duża, zielona w białe i fioletowe pręgi. Można je spotkać od lipca do września. Roślinami żywicielskimi motyla są ligustr pospolity, tawuła japońska, bez lilak, śnieguliczka biała, budleja różnobarwna, wiciokrzew pomorski i wiele innych krzewów.

Caterpillars of Aglais io, the Peacock butterfly, feeding on Stinging nettle