Baby Mullein

Moth that is. The imago (adult) is brown and on first sight rather plain, but is really quite magnificent. The baby however is all for show. This is a very young one, first instar I think, which I found on my Buddleia today, to my great excitment.
Hopefully it will grow safely, pupate and then spend the winter under soil until it ecloses in spring.
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[KoalaGardens🐨]

beautifully captured

[Corinne C]

Fascinating! So close, we see a different world!

[Fisher Family]

A nice shot of this attractive caterpillar. Super detail!

Ian

[Jesika]

@koalagardens @corinnec @fishers to my absolute delight I found another today. My Lepidoptera family is growing; 6 small tortoiseshells will fly in the next few days, the 10 Brimstone babies have started the pupation process, at least 10 very baby Brimstones are on their tree and now a second baby Mullein.