Larva of a Lime Hawk-moth by praep

Photography • Macro • posted on Sep 06, 2010

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

Hi there. My neighbors daughter brought me this larva 2 days before I start to a education camp in Munich. My older daughter said that she will feed her and so I took some shots and leave her alone. As I came back from Munich my daughter sadly said that the larva's skin changed to an unusual yellow-brown color and she will not eat anything since 2 days. She told me that she did everything for her comfort and thought that she now kill her. I calm her down and explained that larvae always change the color when they ready for pupation. I gave the larva some ground to pupate in and she changed to a pupa. I hope the Lime Hawk-moth (Mimas tiliae) will emerge next spring, let's see... The Elephant-Hawk-Moths are pupated also and on last Saturday I took some shots. I will show you next time. Have all a great start into week and thank you all for stopping by and take time to view and comment. By the way - I will do my first exhibition in our local musical school this autumn. 15 of my best shots in HQ-Prints on 40x50cm. It feels like I got many of my favorite models in my stomach...

Comments (12)

alanwilliams

2:11AM | Mon, 06 September 2010

A great shot of one of natures amazing creations

)

durleybeachbum

3:03AM | Mon, 06 September 2010

How you made me laugh, Markus, at your last line!!! You must show us a view of your exhibition, that will be so interesting, Congratulations! This is a lovely portrait of this caterpillar.

)