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:)
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:)
Great shot! I love the Monarch caterpillar. And, they love my parsley! :)
ReplyDeleteVery nice, hope ya get a pic when they change,,:-)
ReplyDeletethat caterpillar has some awesome colours & markings, wow :)
ReplyDeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteGreat capture!
Great shot! Amazing colours! :D
ReplyDeleteWow! I've never seen a Monarch catepillar! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteTomato worms and Monarch caterpillars were always the things kids would take to school for show and tell. You have a great looking shot there.
ReplyDeleteOooh! Just stunning. You took a great photo.
ReplyDelete~Lisa
Great photo...I've seen more milkweed plants this year than in quite some time.
ReplyDeleteThat is a lovely healthy looking caterpillar, they look much further on there than they are here, ours are still tiny.
ReplyDeleteWonderful! Amazing! You are soooo good with that new camera!
ReplyDeleteVery cool!
ReplyDeleteExcellent find! Great shot too.
ReplyDeleteWOW!
ReplyDeletethis is one beautiful caterpillar!! Great shot
ReplyDeleteronelle
What an awesome shot!! :)
ReplyDeletedibear, the ones on your parsley are black swallowtails, not monarchs. they do have similar coloring.
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