Caterpillar spinning a cocoon by cjwhite

Caterpillar spinning a cocoon

I was outside early this morning taking a few pics, because I was going to be away from home today. I saw a green caterpillar hanging from a silky thread on one of my trees. I got closer and realized he was spinnning a cocoon. The first six pictures I took were against the sky and weren't very good. So I tried using the tree as a background. All this time the caterpillar was swaying and spinning and going higher in the tree! These aren't as clear as I would like for them to be, but I think they are kind of cool. You can see the little ball of silky material. It got bigger as he spun faster. I took pics until he got too far up for me to see him.
this is awesome...i love all your collages
April 15th, 2011  
Very Cool!
April 15th, 2011  
@angievega Thank you Angie! That means a lot to me! :0)
April 15th, 2011  
That's so cool!
April 15th, 2011  
@imn2it @rockstarariel Thank you Nico and Ariel! :0)
April 15th, 2011  
Cool capture!!
April 15th, 2011  
I love this one!!
April 15th, 2011  
@bill_d Thank you Bill! :0) @sgrim Thank you Sarah! :0)
April 15th, 2011  
Glad to see your 365 back on F/B and what a shot to have show back up... lovely!!!
April 15th, 2011  
@nikkers Thank you! I posted it manually with the share button. Facebook took the app off for some reason. I lost all my lovely comments from my facebook friends with the posts they deleted.
April 15th, 2011  
This is great!!
April 15th, 2011  
@wendyperry365 Thank you Wendy! I hope nobody saw me trying to get the pics! From the road, it probably looked like I was going in circles shooting at air! LOL!
April 15th, 2011  
This is one of those amazing shots in nature Carolyn - what a find and such good photography against difficult conditions. Well done.
April 15th, 2011  
@murnane Thank you so much Marg! :0)
April 15th, 2011  
Awesome collage!!!
April 15th, 2011  
@harley84 Thank you Katherine! :0)
April 15th, 2011  
Very nice green!
April 15th, 2011  
Totally awesome! I've never gotten to see that...
April 15th, 2011  
@alecio Thank you Alecio! :0) @sarabeth_photo Thank you Sarabeth! It was my first time to see it! :0)
April 15th, 2011  
wow...amazing set of pictures..x
April 15th, 2011  
Excellent. Don't usually like collage but this is like a still movie! Hope you show us what comes out of the cocoon eventually.
April 15th, 2011  
WOW! what a fantastic collage. You've captured this well. :)
April 15th, 2011  
Wow, what a find! How fantastic you got to see this!!
April 15th, 2011  
wow, cool pic. and you made a fantastic collage of it.
April 15th, 2011  
Great capture. Love the collage presentation showing the different stages. Hope you get to see what emerges from the cocoon eventually.
April 15th, 2011  
great shots!
April 16th, 2011  
Wonderful collage, I wonder if you'll capture him (her?) once he's emerged and is a butterfly
April 16th, 2011  
Absolutely stunning capture!
April 17th, 2011  
Very cool collage, I love the green and it almost look like an Andy Warhol work.
April 17th, 2011  
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