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Orange-spotted Tiger Clearwing (Larvae, Pulp and Butterfly)

Mechanitis polymnia

Description:

Fantastic silver color pulp and caterpillar. There is a 3 day interval between this pictures.

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35 Comments (1–25)

rubens.luciano
rubens.luciano 11 years ago

Thanks Pablo. They have this color for just 2 or 3 days, then change to brown/black.

Pablo Martinez-darve
Pablo Martinez-darve 11 years ago

Great job Ruben! is incredible how the Chrysalis can have such an incredible silver coloration!

AlejaPatiño
AlejaPatiño 11 years ago

Qué larva tan hermosa!!!

rubens.luciano
rubens.luciano 11 years ago

Thanks for the comments Mayra, Michael, Dan, Noel and Jakubko.

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Great series!

MichaelWeymannWenzel
MichaelWeymannWenzel 11 years ago

Terrific!

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 11 years ago

Wow! Total glittering silver! I love all the photos, really nice job.

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 11 years ago

Beautiful butterfly!

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Beautiful! Thank you very much for the update!

rubens.luciano
rubens.luciano 11 years ago

And here comes the butterfly from this pulp, in the last picture. It was born yesterday.

rubens.luciano
rubens.luciano 11 years ago

It´s about 1,5cm long.

MeredithNudo
MeredithNudo 11 years ago

Very surreal. I never knew nature could get that...chrome-y...

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

What a beautiful chrysalis!

Matthijs
Matthijs 11 years ago

wow :-)

Smith'sZoo
Smith'sZoo 11 years ago

How amazing is that!? Great spot!

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 11 years ago

Wowww:: sin palabras::oro

C.Sydes
C.Sydes 11 years ago

super spot, how big is it?

Elsa
Elsa 11 years ago

Wow!! Looks like something from Alien..

tibiprada
tibiprada 11 years ago

absolutely, awesome !

IsabellaFiers
IsabellaFiers 11 years ago

Wow, this is awesome !!!

Billo-kun
Billo-kun 11 years ago

Imposssssiiiiibbbblllleeeee!!!! :O this is awesome!!!

Josh Asel
Josh Asel 11 years ago

that thing... looks like a prop that came straight off a sci-fi set!

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 11 years ago

Wow! Nature is just so beautiful :)

KeithRoragen
KeithRoragen 11 years ago

Awesome spotting.

patty
patty 11 years ago

Amazing Rubens! Lovely spotting and pictures. I wonder if many other animals can resamble metal in this way...quite fantastic, so silver like... =)

rubens.luciano
Spotted by
rubens.luciano

SP, Brazil

Spotted on Nov 10, 2012
Submitted on Nov 10, 2012

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