“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).

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On ragwort flowers

Corupá - Brazil.

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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.

Corupá - Brazil.

Caterpillar

Cleethorpes

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

Black Swallowtail caterpillar (I think) on Common Rue

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

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I didn't see this hidden below the flower buds 'till I zoomed in. :-))

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Spikey caterpillar. Those spikes at the head end are both retractible and capable of stinging. The sting is very mild, a bit like being stung by a half-hearted stinging nettle. You know you have brushed one, but that is about it.

If you google the name "LIMACODIDAE" you will come up with some very spectacular looking caterpillars.

Found on Callum Brae, Australian Capital Territory, January, 2015.

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Came across this little guy while out on the north york moors.

Swallowtail

Audierne, Finistère, Brittany, France

Tyria jacobaeae

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

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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.

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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

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Cleethorpes

This is another very small insect. I again don't know what kind of caterpillar it is but judging from the spines it's a stinging variety.