Found this one chewing on a tree, not sure what it is.
I don't know what it is but, you did a pretty good job of capturing it :thumbup:
This might NOT be a lepidoptera caterpillar. May be a sawfly larva.
Exif info image #3:
Camera Model: NIKON D610
Lens: 105.0 mm f/2.8
Image Date: 2015-05-02
Focal Length: 105mm
Aperture: /6.3
Exposure Time: 0.0080 s (1/125-sec)
ISO equiv: 50
Exposure Bias: -1.00 EV
Metering Mode: Spot
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No
For available sunlight field photography, I strongly recommend:
ISO 200 (+ 2-stops)
No Exposure bias (+ 1-stops)
Aperture f/16 (- 3-stops)
Will yeld identical exposure, but double your DoF.
Nikonian72 wrote:
This might NOT be a lepidoptera caterpillar. May be a sawfly larva.
I think it is a sawfly larva - Hymenoptera wasp. With no pics of the abdomen it is hard to tell.
Prolegs in back look lepidopteran and start on 3rd abdomen segment, not like a sawfly, I think. Can't tell size, but if small and if still around, touch its front and see if it has ospharidia -- 'stink-horns' that it pops out (though I'm not sure very young ones have them yet). Then might be swallowtail (the swollen front reminds me of this, but some others like sulfurs and whites have too). But if bigger, not so, or at least not one I've seen. Good luck! Nice series.
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