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Monarch Butterfly emerging from it's chrysalis

Caterpillars of Box tree moth (Cydalima perspectalis) on Boxwood (Buxus sempervirens). In Europe, it is an alien and invasive pest species destroying boxwood shrubs.

butterfly caterpillar Papilio machaon on a forest plant on a summer day

The larvae of moths are covered with bristles and look terrible

Dainty Swallowtail butterfly perched on a flower head

Close-up of a beautiful buttery on a leaf.

Girl looks at a monarch butterfly caterpillar that is begining to turn into a chrysalis. After it increases its mass about 2,000 times it undergoes metamorphosis to become a monarch butterfly.

A swallowtail Butterfly caterpillar at sunset in Summer

Butterfly Breeding, Butterfly laying eggs on green leaf

Top view grass moth, acronicta rumicis larvae, caterpillar climbing on leaves. Macro colored photo of animal

Apple tree damaged by caterpillars of Brown tail moth Euproctis chrysorrhoea. Eaten leaves and damaged young, immature fruit. This is a pest of increasing importance in orchards, gardens and roadside alleys.

Monarch Butterfly Chrysalis Hanging on Leaf Macro, Selective Focus with Copy Space

A monarch caterpillar, hanging upside down, has just split from its skin and has transformed into a chrysalis. If you look closely, you can see that a wing pattern has already formed. So amazing!

Processionary caterpillars on a pine in the forest

Papilio Demoleus caterpillar (Lemon butterfly)

This caterpillars are very beautiful with feathers that bloom around their bodies with very attractive colors, but behind their beauty they are dangerous, because these feathers can cause skin blisters when touched.

A Caterpillar Black Hairy is crawling on the edge of leaf

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.

A recently emerged blue morpho butterfly (morpho menelaus) hanging from its chrysalis.

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

Processionary larvae building their nest on a pine tree

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

Transformation of common map (Cyrestis thyodamas ) butterfly from caterpillar on twig

A monarch caterpillar, hanging upside down, ready to transform into a chrysalis. It's skin is beginning to split.

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