Shy Caterpillar by taffy

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.
Such a cool image! FAV!
July 10th, 2018  
Great shot! Now you'll have to keep your eyes open for the next stage.
July 10th, 2018  
Neato! Looks like caterpillars end to end!
July 10th, 2018  
A great shot of this beauty. I love their stripes.
July 10th, 2018  
These are great
July 10th, 2018  
Nicely caught :)
July 10th, 2018  
Great composition and tocus. A very intriguing capture.
July 10th, 2018  
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
July 10th, 2018  
Gets close up
Such beautiful creatures in all their stages
July 10th, 2018  
Had to go onto black to find the eyes. Great shot
July 10th, 2018  
Great photo - it's so cute the way he's starting right at the end of the leaf - a very neat caterpillar!
July 10th, 2018  
cool image!!
July 10th, 2018  
Nicely captured :)
July 10th, 2018  
Marvelous capture. He appears to be so long in this shot.
July 10th, 2018  
Cool shot and so interesting looking.
July 10th, 2018  
Super shot with great details
July 10th, 2018  
They look kind of wasp like in colouring too
July 10th, 2018  
Great focusing, a super capture. Fav!! 😀
July 10th, 2018  
Awesome picture.
July 10th, 2018  
Wonderful focus on that stripy head, he's a wonderful bright boy!
July 10th, 2018  
Oh yes, I see the eyes. Very nice shot of a lovely caterpillar:)
July 10th, 2018  
Beautiful focus
July 10th, 2018  
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?
July 10th, 2018  
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.
July 10th, 2018  
@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.
July 10th, 2018  
Oh wow, very cool indeed, not to mention clever.
July 11th, 2018  
I like how your capture frames the leaf he's eating. And I did see the eyes!
July 11th, 2018  
Ahh yes, I've spotted the eyes, fabulous capture
July 11th, 2018  
Great interesting assymetrical balance to this shot!
July 12th, 2018  
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