Brimstone larval face

A caterpillar is basically an eating machine. It has powerful jaws, tiny antennae near the mouth which detect smells, spiracles (the white oval shape on the white line) through which it takes in oxygen directly into the blood stream.
It also has 6 pairs of simple eyes, 4 can be seen as raised green dots surrounded by black markings.
The Brimstone (this caterpillar) is one of the easiest to photograph in detail because of its colour. Also because they have a habit of sitting at 45 degrees for prolonged periods.
This is a reversed lens image at f11 using an old Canon 500d
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[KoalaGardens🐨]

fascinating detail :)

[FBailey]

Absolutely fascinating but am glad they're not this size in real life! x

[Paul]

Fabulous macro and very nice explanation of this creatures features.

[Sue Cooper]

Fabulous close up and interesting information.

[Steve Pooley]

Wow, what a close up.

[Jane]

Wow

[Julienne Jones]

Amazing and miraculous! Super photo showing the wonders of this great little creature

[David]

Super macro. Fav

[Jesika]

@fbailey It would be a lot easier if they WERE!
jx

[Jesika]

@koalagardens @pej @susiemc @stevepo @angelunderwater @julienne1 @lostphojo
Thak you all very much.. My burst of reversed lens insanity has proved to be popular, a great surprise, much appreciated. Focus tolerance is minimal & I have shaky old hands...
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