Holly Blue larvae

Getting bigger. First one is now about 3mm and visible even without specs. MUCH better and clearer with, of course. Second is slightly smaller.
Rapidly approaching 3 weeks old and there is a discernable difference in colour. Soon it will be 6mm long, the hairs will be shorter, it will be pale green and have a pale yellow line along its sides.
(Life Cycles by Peter Eeles)
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[KoalaGardens🐨]

terrific macro

[Suzie Townsend]

All of my years living in the desert made me totally forget about caterpillars and today I saw a small one and got so excited. I wished it well and sent it on its way.

[Christine Sztukowski]

Love the detail

[Fisher Family]

A beautiful macro shot - fav!

Ian

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Lovely capture

[bkb in the city]

Very nice shot

[Jesika]

@koalagardens @stownsend @365projectorgchristine @fishers @bkbinthecity thank you all. The tiny caterpillars are now a bit bigger, visible to the eye - with specs in my case - and a very beautiful and delicate pale green. With a bit of luck they will pupate in 2 weeks and by month’s end there will be Holly Blue butterflies. I also have 6 Brimstone and 4 Vapourer moth larvae in the nursery.