Moth's week - the 4th one by praep

Photography • Insects • posted on Sep 03, 2009

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Hi there. This big caterpillar was brought to me from my brother-in-law. He found her on his apple plantation. I think it's an Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor). I take a shot with her on my finger to show you the size... The caterpillars feed on willowherb - so I start a search the next morning 5.30 to get some food. Then we go to a 2 day trip and when I return I found her in a cocoon on the ground using the dried willowherb-leafes to wrap herself. The next posts I will show you some more shots of this caterpillar.

Comments (11)

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3x3

1:30AM | Thu, 03 September 2009

lovely macro mate x

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cfulton

1:43AM | Thu, 03 September 2009

Wonderful, great idea of scale. Cheers, Clive

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adrie

4:16AM | Thu, 03 September 2009

Very cool macro shot my friend, excellent capture.

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DAVER2112

6:20AM | Thu, 03 September 2009

Excellent capture!! :)

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durleybeachbum

7:54AM | Thu, 03 September 2009

They like fuschias too! Super to see this!

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zmarek

10:45AM | Thu, 03 September 2009

Wow, wow. Thats nice and super :-D.

jdehaven

1:54PM | Thu, 03 September 2009

I think its time to give you the nickname "Insect Whisperer" LOL! Great detail and focus through and through- F16 is definately helping to keep your DOF nice and large.

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