Interesting caterpillar

BigAl

Haven't done any macro for ages, but I got given this caterpillar yesterday and thought I'd share his pics with you.

Lord Vetinari

Wonderful shots Al - good to see you here
What an amazingly odd caterpillar- gotot be a voodoo caterpillar with that face but vey odd yellow saddle and amazing colour pattern on the rear.

Brian V.

Skippy

BigAl wrote:

Haven't done any macro for ages, but I got given this caterpillar yesterday and thought I'd share his pics with you.

Hi there BigAl .... what a cool looking caterpillar you have there.
Love the patterns on the back, especially at the tail end.

Nature is a wonderful thing isn't it, the camouflage some insects and bugs use is just amazing.

It's head looks like a skull is painted on it, very impressive.

Great background with the leaves.... nicely captured ... Skippy
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BigAl

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Wonderful shots Al - good to see you here
What an amazingly odd caterpillar- gotot be a voodoo caterpillar with that face but vey odd yellow saddle and amazing colour pattern on the rear.

Brian V.

Thanks Brian! It is a really odd caterpillar. I'd love to know what it ends up as, but prolly never will now as I released it in my garden.

BigAl

Skippy wrote:

Hi there BigAl .... what a cool looking caterpillar you have there.
Love the patterns on the back, especially at the tail end.

Nature is a wonderful thing isn't it, the camouflage some insects and bugs use is just amazing.

It's head looks like a skull is painted on it, very impressive.

Great background with the leaves.... nicely captured ... Skippy
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Thanks Skippy! I only saw the skull when I was processing the pics, otherwise I would have tried to get a couple of decent pics of it.