Caterpillar?!

Does anybody know this caterpillar? I've tried to google it, but can't really find it. Swallowtail?

We found it yesterday, when we were in the garden.

Lev is intrigued. I found him singing to it and talking to it. What does a caterpillar eat? Can I take it with me to show at school? Those black things, mama, on the leaf, is the caterpillars poo.

I hope it stays there and that we will see what it will turn into!

[kali]

lovely little Lev, :)))))

[Saxa van Eijnsbergen]

@roachling Louise, I know you have a lot of knowledge of nature's little creatures. Have you got any idea what caterpillar this is?

[Joan]

Very impressive caterpillar! Love it's vertical pose.

[Domenico Dodaro]

Oh, hopefully it's not the species that smokes hookah asking "Who are you?", it would be dramatically late for fiveplustwo "through the looking glass" 😉

[Saxa van Eijnsbergen]

@domenicododaro oh, that nasty one, no, this must be a very eh, nice one and a listening ear for everybody :-)

[Louise]

Off the top of my head I would say mullein moth, but I've not looked to check so I could be wrong.

[Bep]

Hubby says: cabbage butterfly (NL koolwitje). Google maar eens op 'rups koolwitje'.

[Pyrrhula]

Leuk. Is hij/Lev in de waarom fase ? Mooie duidelijke foto .Fav.

[Ivan]

It's a nice one!

[Lin]

Nicely captured!

[Annie D]

you could take it school to show the kids - just take lots of the leaves you found it on as well

[Kathy]

It's quite a pretty caterpillar.

[Valerie Chesney]

A great find, I hope it stays so Lev can see what emerges....

[Dawn]

Cool find and capture

[Jodie]

Fabulous markings, curious to know what is is.

[Francesca Ciarrocchi]

Great capture... I'm curious too

[Jerome]

very nice macro!

[Elke]

Lovely vibrant colours!

[Saxa van Eijnsbergen]

@roachling thanks, I think you're right!

[Saxa van Eijnsbergen]

@gijsje dank voor het meedenken, de rups is niet harig, waarschijnlijk is het een mullein moth

[Saxa van Eijnsbergen]

@annied yes, this morning he checked again, came back, mama it's not there (almost crying), we had a look again and his younger brother spotted it under the leave. And yes, he took it to school, all proud. When he came out of school he said the caterpillar was on holiday. On holiday? It's staying a night at school :-)

[Johanna]

Ik heb mijn zoon die bioloog is erbij gehaald. Hij zegt dat de swallowtail (koninginnenpage) hier op de verkeerde plant zit; Dus hij denkt een kuifvlinder of een helmkruidvlinder. Het is wel een mooie rups en een grappige reactie van je zoon

[Saxa van Eijnsbergen]

@johannaf Dank je zoon hartelijk! Gisteren las ik inderdaad op internet ergens dat rupsen kieskeurig zijn. Je kunt ze niet zomaar een blad voorzetten :-)
Iemand hier noemde 'Mullein Moth', dus zal de kuifvlinder zijn.

[Annie D]

@overalvandaan ha ha that's cool
the kids always love when i bring in bug

[Caroline]

This is a very cool shot of a very cool caterpillar... but what had my heart is Lev's reaction. So special!!!

[Walks @ 7]

Hiding in plain sight to us adults. Lev on the other hand, has eyes and questions of a curious soul. I love his questions to you. May be find many more creatures to spark his mind and yours.

[Saxa van Eijnsbergen]

@joysabin thanks for your thoughts, it's great how children make you think about things and his curiosity makes me also curious to know more.

[Susan Klassen]

Great shot, so neat that Lev is so intrigued by the caterpillar.