Shy Caterpillar

I learned how to spot these today, by looking for the teeny brown droppings at the base of green beach plants. Those are a sign the caterpillar is or at least was there. Took me awhile to figure out which end was the head, so I have a lot where the wrong end was in focus! On black and larger, you can pick out what look like eyes.

[KWind]

Such a cool image! FAV!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Great shot! Now you'll have to keep your eyes open for the next stage.

[eDorre]

Neato! Looks like caterpillars end to end!

[Diana]

A great shot of this beauty. I love their stripes.

[Dawn]

These are great

[Marloes]

Nicely caught :)

[haskar]

Great composition and tocus. A very intriguing capture.

[Maggiemae]

Its either a very long caterpillar or two, one just managing to get to the top and the other looking up the bum of the first one! fav

[Brigette]

Gets close up
Such beautiful creatures in all their stages

[Joyce]

Had to go onto black to find the eyes. Great shot

[Rob Z]

Great photo - it's so cute the way he's starting right at the end of the leaf - a very neat caterpillar!

[Helen Sanderson]

cool image!!

[sally agnew]

Nicely captured :)

[Lou Ann]

Marvelous capture. He appears to be so long in this shot.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Cool shot and so interesting looking.

[gloria jones]

Super shot with great details

[Casablanca]

They look kind of wasp like in colouring too

[carol white]

Great focusing, a super capture. Fav!! 😀

[Richard Hickey]

Awesome picture.

[Pat Knowles]

Wonderful focus on that stripy head, he's a wonderful bright boy!

[Karly]

Oh yes, I see the eyes. Very nice shot of a lovely caterpillar:)

[FBailey]

Beautiful focus

[chikadnz]

Good image. We're very familiar with these monarch caterpillars, having raised lots of them to the butterfly stage a few years ago - we don't have any food for them here at the moment. Its quite special watching their transformation from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly. What kind of leaves was this one eating?

[Helen Jane]

Makes for a strong colourful image over all. Very attractively composed. (I thought I had a great dolphin photo - until I realised that I had the tail end instead of the head!) I love those stripy bodies.

[Taffy]

@chikadnz I know so little about beach plants. It was chewing on the leaves of the plant you see, which is about a foot tall and, from what I can tell, didn't have a flower with it.

[Marnie]

Oh wow, very cool indeed, not to mention clever.

[Junko Y]

I like how your capture frames the leaf he's eating. And I did see the eyes!

[Suzanne]

Ahh yes, I've spotted the eyes, fabulous capture

[Tabbycat]

Great interesting assymetrical balance to this shot!