A Caterpillar Macro 3 images

Higgmeister

I was looking at my sickly roses and wondered what had been munching on them. Lo and behold, this little guy/gal was resting beside a violated rose. Well, that was uncacceptable, so I put this guy/gal to work. Here are three shots I wanted to humbly share.
Does anyone know what this bug is?
My favorite of the three:D.


What!...I'm innocent of all charges and munchings.


Gimme a hug and I'll make it all better.


Taken with 20D, Canon 100mm macro and all three extension tubes. The red is a rose pedal.

Thanks for looking and commenting,
Chris

gubbs

Yuk, that is one ugly bug !!
Cool shots though.
Forgive my ignorance, but what do the ext tues do. Increase the magnification or just allow you to get closer

nzmacro

I know, why don't you poke its eyes out Chris . Hey nice ratio and details. You have totally different caterpillars and butterflies up your way, so I wouldn't have a clue. Good use of tubes and the 100mm macro Chris. What size tubes, 25mm, 50mm and ???

All the best Chris, just keep them coming

Danny.

MuskyDude

It's mothra!!!!! RUN!!!!!!!!!!!


Hehe, great shots Chris!!!


AJ

Phil U.

well now, he looks rather.... ummm.... juicy. Nice shots of him though.

Higgmeister

Hi Gubbs,

gubbs wrote:

Yuk, that is one ugly bug !!
Cool shots though.
Forgive my ignorance, but what do the ext tues do. Increase the magnification or just allow you to get closer

The extension tubes allows both. Just how much more magnification they create is unknown to me. Maybe some of the other macroholics could explain. I used a Kenko set, no glass, just a tube with the contacts for metering; no exposure compensation is required.
And yes, it is an ugly bug, but there is a mama bug out there that thinks he/she is the cutest of all.

Thanks for the comment,
Chris

Higgmeister

Hi Danny,

nzmacro wrote:

I know, why don't you poke its eyes out Chris . Hey nice ratio and details. You have totally different caterpillars and butterflies up your way, so I wouldn't have a clue. Good use of tubes and the 100mm macro Chris. What size tubes, 25mm, 50mm and ???

All the best Chris, just keep them coming

Danny.

First, I'm wrong about it being a caterpillar, it's a grub, someday to become a beetle (I let it loose at work when I was done). Now, if I really knew which were it's eyes, I might be able to do that. I have the Kenko set of 12, 20 and 36 so I used 68mm worth of tube plus the 100mm. It looked like a front heavy beast until I saw the beast you posted. I need to do something about the lighting as there were too many highlights with such a juicy bug.

Thanks for the comments,
Chris

Higgmeister

Thanks AJ and Phil,

Phil U. wrote:

well now, he looks rather.... ummm.... juicy. Nice shots of him though.

After doing some research, I found out it's actually a Grub. They are considered pests, but I imagine they taste good to birds and the likes:eat. One day, if not eaten, it'll become some type of beetle:flash.

Thanks for the comments,
Chris

Lord Vetinari

Great shots of a quite revolting subject!

Brian V.

Higgmeister

Thanks Brian,

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Great shots of a quite revolting subject!

Brian V.

When I came across him, the only though (besides my poor sad roses) was getting a shot of it before it got away. I was just happy to get a bug in the garden. It wasn't till I started to PP the shots when I realized that he's a bit juicy and not very cute. I'll pick one shot and remove the rest once I get a few more bugs.

Thanks for the look,
Chris

Jekyll & Hyde

J: The tubes rule!

H: Fine shots of such a gruesome beast. Mothra !
J&H

Netgarden

Nice macros! He's better lookin' from afar, sadly enough....

I have one tube and only tried it once. Does it not work with the 50mm 2.5 compact macro? I remember having trouble and soon moving on to my close up element.

Jekyll & Hyde wrote:

J: The tubes rule!

H: Fine shots of such a gruesome beast. Mothra !
J&H