Caterpillar. A large caterpillar ca. 10 cm (3 in) long. Photographed at Cock-of-the-rock Lodge. Eastern slope of the Andes in a pristine cloud forest in the Kosipata Valley at 1,600 m (5,250 ft) elevation in the Rio Madre de Dios Region. Humid Subtropical Life Zone.
Caterpillar on an understory palm leaf (Geonoma sp.: Arecaceae) This caterpillar is 10-11 cm (ca. 4) long and dangerous looking with all those spine-like processes. Whether it was harmful or not I was not going to pick it up to find out. In one area they were plentiful but we did not see...
The caterpillar was not sick, or infected with a fungus...its eyes had filmed over because it was about to moult. Surprisingly, once the moult was complete, the brown eyes reverted to green, as before. Even more surprisingly, the false eyes underneath its tail end, which are clearly intended to...
A couple of weeks ago I posted a photo of this beautiful green caterpillar. At the time, it had clear green eyes. Suddenly one day, its eyes turned brown, then within a couple of days clouded over with a white film. I thought perhaps it was some kind of fungus, and that the caterpillar would...
After a number of days away caring for some extremely spoiled dogs while their owner was on holidays, I have no new bird photos...but I did meet a caterpillar. Here it is...very green and pretty, and extremely difficult to see in a eucalyptus tree.
I knew it was there, because I could see its...
I had looked this little guy up when I shot the photo last summer but now cannot find the info. Anyway, he was a fuzzy little fellow and quite unusual.
This caterpillar, approximately 35-40mm in length, fell out of a Silver Birch tree onto the ground. It immediately crawled back towards the trunk to climb back up the tree. Apart from the distinct colouration and dorsal stripe I noticed that it appeared to have small black eyes set low in the...
This caterpillar was taken on the Cley Norfolk Wildlife Trust Reserve. I can't find what it is from my bitterflies and moths book. Any help appreciated.
Rosy pastor's first sighting. Winter Migrant to Kerala. These wonderful birds had come in a fairly large flock - about 200 birds. They were pulling our big, green caterpillars from water hyacinth. In fact these birds were frequently chased off by the common egrets, few split tailed drongos &...
These caterpillars were found on a bush on the Osa Penninsula of Costa Rica. They are probably a species of Sphinx moth larvae. The butterfly expert on site could not identify them and suggested that they were a species of moths. The large tail spike makes me think they are Sphinx moth...
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