green grub

[Sylvie]

Great close up !!! Beautiful green tones ^^

[Livia]

Ooh, cool green caterpillar! It has awesome color tones and spikes.

[Sue Wilde]

That's great...quite scarey though

[Peter de Graaff]

It's huge

[Cassandra Hoffmann]

oh that's a bit bigger than the one I found in my garden today! Nice shot :)

[Lora G]

I'm going to look this up in my butterfly field guide! I love his black spikes.

[Phil]

Ohmigod they've landed....
I hope that is a seriously close macro!! What on earth is it?!

[Elizabeth]

wow!

[Maggie]

holy cow!! great capture...how big is that?

[Anne ❀]

awesome closeup!

[Kerri]

What a cool creature

[Amanda Thepanda]

@chiichan @myautofocuslife @swilde @peterdegraaff @ozziehoffy @loragill @filsie65 @elizabeth264 @maggierda @sunnygreenwood @kerristephens
Thanks everyone.
I would love you to look this caterpillar up if you can Lora. It was about 7-8 cm long and really fat! It was feasting on leaves from my orange tree. I'm guessing orchard swallowtail, but entomology is not my strong suit.

[Lora G]

@corymbia I'll check and let you know.

[Terrie Skinner]

Great macro Amanda!

[Jason Daniels]

Yup definitely Orchard Swallowtail, love their citrus they do. Did you poke it and get his stinkhorns happening?

[Jason Daniels]

Looks like this when poked.
http://365project.org/bobfoto/365/2011-03-01

[Amanda Thepanda]

@ts @loragill thanks - it seems like @bobfoto has confirmed my suspicions though
and thanks @bobfoto for the link .... I didn't poke it so was oblivious to its "stink horns"

[Jason Daniels]

@corymbia - just a gentle poke....