caterpillar

Thanks dandoucette! It looks pretty unappetizing to me!

Thanks mcaul. I'm not sure, I think it was some kind of defensive posture or perhaps it was trying to mimic something or make itself appear unappetizing.

Beautiful. Why was it standing up like that? :D

Thanks dpoc, bherath, PurpleScarf and Carol.

Great photos!

Cute caterpillar ! Very colorful spotting !

beautiful spotting.................

There is a pretty cool video on you tube of parasitized caterpillar from nat geo

Thanks tangke, Rieko, martin, Jill and Luis. You're right, martin, they look a lot like the ones on your spotting. I've added that to my notes.

Amazing series Dan!

Nice series

Hey Dan, these look like parasitic eggs. You may like to view this spotting of similar ones I noticed last year. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/799...

I thought they were part of it too, but I looked again. I now agree with Sckel and Marta.

This is so nice. I love the series. Thank you so much for sharing.

Weird but cool ,nice photo!

Thanks staccyh.

Great photos Dan, as usual!

Thanks kel, I think you're right with both! I just thought they were part of it but Marta and kel, it does look like some sort of parasite. I have no idea about them though Marta. Your guess is as good as mine.

Cool! It seems to have some parasites in the eyes area..is that right? I wonder if they are just like lice or whether they will end up doing more harm to the caterpillar..did you find out?

I think It wanted to give you a kiss :)

has some strange things stuck in it