Very young butterfly

[BigMike]

I do not know the english word for this... :) but it is a very young butterfly.. or?
Here is another nature picture... i hope you like it!!!

http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads/user_image-1037734800emh.jpg

[JOHNVQ3]

:) The english word for young butterfly is Caterpillar ;) very nice image :tu: :tu:

[Ron Harris]

looks very good...it resembles a catalpa worm that feeds on Catalpa trees here...excellant fish bait....you achieved a close photo realistic image with this...thnx for sharing :tu:

[The Namek]

yeah really nice image , arent those the guys who make silk ?

And Ron , how could you use a cute creature like that as fishbait ? :p

[BigMike]

Thanks a lot for these replays! Now i know the english name of this, thanks!! :)

Last time i found my old biology book from school and inside i found a photo from this Caterpillar... Ron, mayby it is one of these catalpa worms... :)

[drjjwow]

looks great mr big mike.. a very detailed photo..

[Stargo]

Great image :tu: :tu:
Very well done :tu: :tu: :tu:

stargo

[Flycatcher]

Excellent photorealistic work here, Mike.

I'm sure it is actually the caterpillar of Papilio machaon, the Swallowtail Butterfly. This is a protected species in many European countries, including England where it clings on in a few colonies in the East Anglian fens. I have been lucky enough to have one fly right past me only a foot or so away while on holiday in the Norfolk Broads. You have captured it's caterpillar perfectly. :tu: :tu: :tu:

Incidentally, you may find the alternative English name of "larva" easier to remember than "caterpillar", as it is almost the same as your German word. Furthermore it is applicable to the early stage of all holometabolous insects - i.e. those that have egg, grub-like, pupa (or chrysalis) and mature adult life stages, so including moths, flies, beetles, etc.

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