Sharing a butterfly caterpillar, either 1st or 2nd instar, possibly belongs to Jamides Spp - ID to be confirmed. Not sure what is the tiny insect beside the cat.
Image taken with 4x/0.14 no name objective on BHM stand/Canon 6D and flash.
Hope you like it :-)
Butterfly Caterpillar
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Re: Butterfly Caterpillar
Nice image!
The white object below left of the caterpillar looks to me like a shed skin, possibly of the same caterpillar. Is that consistent with what you see in person?
--Rik
The white object below left of the caterpillar looks to me like a shed skin, possibly of the same caterpillar. Is that consistent with what you see in person?
--Rik
Re: Butterfly Caterpillar
Hi Rik,
Thanks and I do agreed that this is possibly the shed skin of the caterpillar (there were actually another one sitting beside this cat. before i took the pic). Usually cat. will eat their own shed skin and left with the head capsule, so not sure why it was left there.
p/s: length of this cat. measured 1.7mm FYI.
Thanks and I do agreed that this is possibly the shed skin of the caterpillar (there were actually another one sitting beside this cat. before i took the pic). Usually cat. will eat their own shed skin and left with the head capsule, so not sure why it was left there.
p/s: length of this cat. measured 1.7mm FYI.