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ennacac · Jul 4, 2007, 6:04 AM

They are getting bigger and soon they will be flying away.

Tom

jhacker · Jul 4, 2007, 10:04 AM

I actually found one at rest. Yours are monarch caterpillars, the ranger at Prairie State Park here in Missouri said mine is a swallowtail catterpillar. They sure look similar.

Good catch Tom, I've been looking for them here, but this is the only one I've found.

rhermans · Jul 4, 2007, 10:05 AM

Great Macro shot Tom,

haven't got any swallowtail in my area, but the larva are almost as nice as the butterfly.

Ronny

inneyeseakay · Jul 4, 2007, 11:26 AM

Wow, those are awesome shots. The only ones I ever see are the little grey fuzzy ones that turn into ugly brown moths.

Great shots!

mtngal · Jul 4, 2007, 10:36 PM

Neat pictures, both of them. Catterpillers are really sort-of cute.

Rodney9 · Jul 5, 2007, 10:47 PM

Terrific macro shots, I hope you get some of them when they do fly away.

penolta · Jul 6, 2007, 11:28 AM

Which lens were you using? I had posted some tele-macro comparisons yesterday in the close-up forum - take a look:

http://forums.steves-digicams.com/fo...amp;forum_id=7

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jhacker Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 161	I actually found one at rest. Yours are monarch caterpillars, the ranger at Prairie State Park here in Missouri said mine is a swallowtail catterpillar. They sure look similar. Good catch Tom, I've been looking for them here, but this is the only one I've found. Attached Images

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Jul 4, 2007, 6:04 AM	#1
ennacac Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 4,198	They are getting bigger and soon they will be flying away. Tom

Jul 4, 2007, 10:05 AM	#3
rhermans Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Antwerp - Belgium Posts: 3,454	Great Macro shot Tom, haven't got any swallowtail in my area, but the larva are almost as nice as the butterfly. Ronny

Jul 4, 2007, 11:26 AM	#4
inneyeseakay Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 1,379	Wow, those are awesome shots. The only ones I ever see are the little grey fuzzy ones that turn into ugly brown moths. Great shots!

Jul 4, 2007, 10:36 PM	#5
mtngal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Frazier Park, CA Posts: 16,177	Neat pictures, both of them. Catterpillers are really sort-of cute.

Jul 5, 2007, 10:47 PM	#6
Rodney9 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Yeronga, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Posts: 3,518	Terrific macro shots, I hope you get some of them when they do fly away.

Jul 6, 2007, 11:28 AM	#7
penolta Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: California USA Posts: 5,206	Which lens were you using? I had posted some tele-macro comparisons yesterday in the close-up forum - take a look: http://forums.steves-digicams.com/fo...amp;forum_id=7