Monday, August 3, 2009

Macro Monday: Monarch Caterpillar

Monarch Caterpillar on Asclepias incarnata 'Ice Ballet' more commonly known as milkweed. The only food for the Monarch Butterfly larvae. Check out more macros at SS Macro Monday:)

16 comments:

  1. Great shot! I love the Monarch caterpillar. And, they love my parsley! :)

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  2. Very nice, hope ya get a pic when they change,,:-)

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  3. that caterpillar has some awesome colours & markings, wow :)

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  4. I love this photo - I know we don't get many of these caterpillars around here as we don't have a lot of monarch butterflies anymore.

    Great capture!

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  5. Wow! I've never seen a Monarch catepillar! Beautiful!

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  6. Tomato worms and Monarch caterpillars were always the things kids would take to school for show and tell. You have a great looking shot there.

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  7. Oooh! Just stunning. You took a great photo.

    ~Lisa

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  8. Great photo...I've seen more milkweed plants this year than in quite some time.

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  9. That is a lovely healthy looking caterpillar, they look much further on there than they are here, ours are still tiny.

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  10. Wonderful! Amazing! You are soooo good with that new camera!

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  11. this is one beautiful caterpillar!! Great shot
    ronelle

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  12. dibear, the ones on your parsley are black swallowtails, not monarchs. they do have similar coloring.

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