Caterpillar 2 by Leeco

Photography • Creatures • posted on Jul 27, 2006

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Nikon 7900 image. Well I know it is a green caterpillar with eye spots. I am pretty sure it will become a Swallowtail Butterfly. It might be a Zebra Swallowtail caterpillar but I am somewhat confused by the horn on the tail ,however, after doing some on-line research, I find out that some caterpillars molt several times before they spin their cocoon and metamorph into a Butterfly. Supposedly the horn becomes smaller and smaller after each molting untill it is gone. Whatever it may become, it is pretty neat in this stage and reminds me of a cartoon character, lol. I will post one more image of it tomorrow. I hope this pic was worth the click and I thank those who enjoyed the Robber Fly series. Lee

Comments (11)

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Ryslin82

12:19AM | Thu, 27 July 2006

It does look like something out of a cartoon is it weird that I think its cute lol wonderful shot!

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MidnightPlatinum

12:35AM | Thu, 27 July 2006

Very beautiful! Nice specimen and great background. The "framing" is done really well too and fits this piece.

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nongo

1:06AM | Thu, 27 July 2006

Yeah that stinger looks serious!!!!!!!! Excellent catch!!!!

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MaydaMason

1:41AM | Thu, 27 July 2006

a future butterfly for sure! beautiful capture!

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Blitzz-Licht

1:51AM | Thu, 27 July 2006

fine capture, beautiful color contrasts

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sharky_

2:11AM | Thu, 27 July 2006

Kewl capture. Love those eyes. Excellent shot my friend. Aloha

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kimariehere

4:10AM | Thu, 27 July 2006

LOL those markings look like a face!! AWESOME color combo and capture LEE excellent!

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CavalierLady

7:26AM | Thu, 27 July 2006

Wonderful presentation! Looks very classy. I have a 7900 and while it's not the best camera in the world, it does fairly well with macros. Nicely done!

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