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$Malacosoma castrense (or Malacosoma castrensis), the ground lackey, is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae. It is a tent caterpillar found in Europe.\nThe length of the forewings is 13–16 mm for males and 17–21 mm for females. The moth flies from June to August, depending on the location.\nThe caterpillars feed on various shrubs and herbaceous plants such as heather, cypress spurge, and Lotus species (source Wikipedia).\n\nThis is a quite common Species in the Netherlands.$

The larvae of moths are covered with bristles and look terrible

And overview of a Large White Butterfly caterpillar. These caterpillars are pests that cause damage do cabbage (brassicas) crop.(Pieris brassicae - Pieridae)

Tachypodoiulus niger Black Millipede. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

Salt marsh moth caterpillar (Estigmene acrea) insect eating dead leaves, fuzzy nature Springtime pest control.

Taking a close look at a Yellow Woolly Bear Caterpillar. (Spilosoma virginica)

The larva caterpillar of a Spotted Tussock Moth is seen crawling up the branch of a Polygonum aviculare L. Or knotgrass plant in southern Alberta. The scientific name is Lophocampa maculata and this caterpillar will turn into a moth with a Normal, High Contrast wing pattern. This is a type of tiger moth.

Macroglossine Sphinx Moth Caterpillar of the species Isognathus allamandae

$Zerynthia polyxena, the southern festoon, is a butterfly belonging to the butterfly family Papilionidae.\nDescription:\nThe southern festoon can reach a wingspan of 46–52 mm. The females have slightly longer wings, usually lighter colored than males. The basic color of the wings is yellow, with a complicated pattern of several black bands and spots. \nOn the edges of the hindwings they have a black sinuous line with a series of blue and red warning spots to deter potential predators (aposematism). The body is dark brown and bears red patches on the sides of the abdomen. \nThis species is rather similar to, and can be confused only with, the Spanish festoon (Z. rumina). The differences are in the presence of blue on the hind wings of Z. polyxena and the relatively lower amount of red on its forewings compared with Z. rumina. The ranges of these two species overlap only in southeast France. \nThe caterpillars of Z. polyxena are up to 35 millimeters long. They are initially black, then they are yellowish with six rows of fleshy orange and black spikes all over the body. \nHabitat:\nThese rare butterflies can be found in warm, sunny and open places such as grassy herb-rich meadows, vineyards, river banks, wetlands, cultivated areas, brushy places, wasteland, rocky cliffs and karst terrains, at an elevation of from 0 to 1,700 meters above sea level but usually below 900 meters.\nDistribution:\nZ. polyxena is widespread in the middle and southern Europe (southeastern France, Italy, Slovakia and Greece) covering all the Balkans and reaching the south of Kazakhstan and the Urals. Although they are widespread they occur only locally (source Wikipedia).\n\nThis Picture is made during a Vacation in Bulgaria in May 2018.$

Caterpillar photographed in their natural environment.

A monarch chrysalis, hanging upside down, has wriggled out of its caterpillar skin only moments ago.

Caterpillar of the Painted Lady Butterfly

Larva of Battus philenor, the pipevine swallowtail or blue swallowtail, is a swallowtail butterfly found in North America. This butterfly is black with iridescent-blue hindwings. Caterpillars are black and feed on compatible plants of the genus Aristolochia. Santa Rosa, California. Sonoma County.

close up of oak processionary moth caterpillar on a plant

$Aporia crataegi, the black-veined white, is a large butterfly of the family Pieridae. A. crataegi is widespread and common. Its range extends from northwest Africa in the west to Transcaucasia and across the Palearctic to Siberia and Japan in the east. In the south, it is found in Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon and Syria. It is not present in the British Isles and northern Scandinavia. \nDescription:\nThe black-veined white has a wingspan of 51 to 70 mm. Females are commonly larger than males. The upper side of both forewings and hindwings is a translucent white boldly veined with black. The underside is similar in the male but the female has brown veining. Moreover, the female loses most of her scales by rubbing her wings together, resulting almost-transparent.\nBiology:\nThe flight period of the black-veined white is between April and July. The adults are quite social and their abundance varies greatly from year to year. The eggs are laid on the food plant, usually a member of the rose family Rosaceae and often on trees and bushes.\nThe eggs are laid in groups of 30 to 100. They take about three weeks to hatch. The caterpillars tend to remain in a group with a communal larval web. This species has one generation each year. The caterpillars overwinter communally in a webbing tent with entwined leaves. Caterpillars feed close together on the leaves of the food plant at first, before dispersing in the later developmental stages to other parts of the tree. \nThe pupal stage lasts about three weeks.\n\nDistribution and habitat:\nIt occurs in open forest, grazing land, orchards. lanes, gardens, meadows and thickets throughout most of Europe. This species is extinct in the British Isles (source Wikipedia). \n\nThis Picture is made during a long weekend in the South of Belgium in June 2006.$

Lepidoptera larvae in the wild, North China

Macro image of a garden tiger moth caterpillar which is also known as woolly bear caterpillar living in its natural environment on a fresh green leaf. The insect is captured in horizontal composition under natural lighting condition using the aperture f/4.5.

The pine processionary (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) is a moth of the subfamily Thaumetopoeinae in the family Notodontidae.

Nettle caterpillar an insect with green spikes color with yellow and black stripe on the body stays on green leaf

Forest Tent Caterpillar in its natural environment. It is very invasive and destructive.

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