caterpillar by lemonjim

Photography • Animals • posted on Oct 03, 2008

Open full image in new tab Zoom on image

Hover over top left image to zoom.
Click anywhere to exit.

Members remain the original copyright holder in all their materials here at Renderosity. Use of any of their material inconsistent with the terms and conditions set forth is prohibited and is considered an infringement of the copyrights of the respective holders unless specially stated otherwise.

Description

Please help me identify this one! Any entymologists out there? Neon green and with semi-rigid and very sensitive spikes. The inset shows it, after delicate poking with a twig. No caterpillars were harmed, but perhaps a little annoyed. Bloomington, IN, 01 Oct 2008, ND70 photo, 105mm lens

Comments (11)

)

Digitaleagle

11:58PM | Fri, 03 October 2008

Awesome image, love the textures and detail in this shot, the caterpillars adds a excellent touch of color!!!

)

Alz2008

2:57AM | Sat, 04 October 2008

Wonderful capture..

)

durleybeachbum

4:09AM | Sat, 04 October 2008

Leeco will know. Very interesting crittur!

)

pauljs75

5:48AM | Sat, 04 October 2008

I did a quick little lookup on these. I think they're some variety of Saturniidae moth caterpillars. Perhaps one of these? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Io_moth

)

nazul

6:06AM | Sat, 04 October 2008

Great shot - contrasts

)

KamenRX

8:28AM | Sat, 04 October 2008

"Come on, leave us alone or we will burn you!" :D

)

supermarioART

6:01PM | Sat, 04 October 2008

I don't know their names...but they are very nice,and give a beautiful contrast with leafs and terrain!Beautiful shot my friend!!!

)

wawadave

7:10PM | Sat, 04 October 2008

not seen any like those. but good shot!!

)

Leeco

8:19PM | Sat, 04 October 2008

These are Io Moth caterpillars and they should not be touched with bare skin. The spines secrete a toxin that is quite unpleasant. Very similar to touching a Bull Nettle. The caterpillars will turn into very colorful and stocky moths. The females will be reddish and the males will be yellow. The caterpillars will make flimsy cocoons in the leaf litter. If this occurs late in the season, they will overwinter before emerging. I posted an entire series a month or so ago that shows all the stages of this Moths life cycle. Nice shot. Thanks for sharing. Lee

)

bigkahuna

1:16AM | Mon, 06 October 2008

Good macro work! We have these in the islands and sure enough, touching them results in unpleasant skin reactions. They are beginning to become a problem locally. ( if Jim doesn't post for a while we'll know he got too frisky and his fingers are out of commission! )

)