Caterpillar

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• Argus (34871)
• [2007-02-27 8:44]

Hello Anne,
I think you are right in thinking that this is the caterpillar of a Melitaea species, probably M. dydima, though I have never seen it myself in the caterpillar stage. Though this shot is not perfect it is sharp enough to see the necessary details and the BG is fine. One of the Peters could probably be more precise.
TFS and best wishes, Ivan

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• rdfoto (3295)
• [2007-02-27 8:48]

Hallo Anne
Eine ganz eigenartige Raupe (es gibt so viele Sorten) ich hoffe nur die Blume standt nicht in deinem Garten ;-)
Schöne Grüsse Robi

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• Silvio2006 (41158)
• [2007-02-27 9:09]

Hi Anne, wonderful caterpiller with splendid colors, great composition with lovely details, very well done, ciao Silvio

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• Alex99 (18529)
• [2007-02-27 9:26]

Hi Anne.
Very cute specimen at nice scenery you have pictured. I like true summer colour palette and lighting, excellent details and sharpness of the insect and plant. DOF is selected perfectly too. But what about vertical cropping? My best regards and TFS.
Alexei.

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• carmem_busko (427)
• [2007-02-27 9:58]

Clear and well sharpened.
A bit centered... I agree with alex... why don´t you try another crop?
Thank you for viewing and commenting my work.
Cheers!
Carmem

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• uleko (2735)
• [2007-02-27 11:12]

Hello Anne,
Great capture of this interesting caterpillar. Sharp details and good colours. I think you've left too much of the background too, otherwise it is a fine composition.
TFS and regards, Ulla

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• ramthakur (32112)
• [2007-02-27 11:30]

What an interesting caterpillar, Anne!
Look at those spikes in alternating white and yellow colours on its body.
Maybe zeroing on the subject and the flower and cropping off surroundings would have been a better idea.
Nevertheless, the image is very rich in content.
Ram

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• sgo (718)
• [2007-02-28 3:09]
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Hi Anne,
This picture certainly is interesting! I think caterpillars are difficult, and my Eyes have been Wide Shut to them hitherto :-), so it's very valuable to have a good picture like yours with a tentative id to start out from (I also think it's a M. didyma after your posting has spurred a search in lit. and on the net). TN is for learning about nature so I think it's great when it works this way and initiates search for further knowledge with an inspiring picture as a "point de départ". So when I get to see this kind of larva, I will immediately think of your highly valuable posting.
With best regards,
Goran
P.S. Technically I think I would have cropped it more to get a closer view, but I'm quite aware that the original picture may not leave room for this. Did a quick WS, just wanted to see how much it would allow - hope you don't mind...?

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• fiyo (10600)
• [2007-02-28 3:26]

Hello Anne,
Very well composed, and the details, sharpness and lighting are excellent. TFS

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• Necipp (100)
• [2007-02-28 14:58]

Hello Anne a very nice shot the DOF is perfectly shallow with a good POV and angle. The bokeh and subtle colours creates good depth tfs rgds Necip.

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• arfer (0)
• [2007-02-28 23:03]

Hello Anne

Very nice shot of this interesting looking caterpillar.Very good details and textures.The colours are vivid and the BG is nicely blurred.TFS

Rob

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• mikou (5269)
• [2007-03-02 10:38]

Hi Anne.
This is very interesting caterpillar,whose I will never haven't seen.This picture have very good details and very nice colors.
Again I am here catch sight of new kind and that is just on TN it wonderful.
Thank you very much for sharing.
Best greetings Milos

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• saeedabbasi (4512)
• [2007-03-03 8:10]

Hi again Anne ,
great iamge with nice colours.
excellent BG and nice sharpness.
well done.
regards
Saeed

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• peter_stoeckl (10217)
• [2007-03-03 17:04]
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Hallo Anne,
diese merkwürdig geformte, apart vierfarbige Raupengestalt auf einer Blüte des Wachtelweizens (Melampyrum) fasziniert auch mich. Bin ihr noch nie begegnet. Von Futterpflanze und Aussehen würde ich auf die Raupe von

Melitaea athalia (Rottemburg 1775),
Wachtelweizenscheckenfalter,
Mélitée du mélampyre,
Heath Fritillary

schließen. Viele von uns wären hier wahrscheinlich näher an das Objekt herangegangen, entweder schon im Fotografieren oder bei der Wahl des Ausschnittes. Doch wie in den meisten Deiner Fotos ist auch hier viel Umgebung mit eingefangen, wodurch die Aufnahme viel Atmosphäre vermittelt und das abgebildete Wesen als Teil seines Umfelds gezeigt wird.
Interessanter und ungewöhnlicher Beitrag.

Mit Dank und besten Grüßen,
Peter

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• claudine (0)
• [2007-03-04 8:25]

Salut Anne,
Qu'elle belle espèce! J'aime beaucoup sa texture et les détails que tu as capté. Les couleurs sont superbes ainsi que la prise de vue et le BG pastel. C'est vraiment une macro très réussie, bravo!
Claudine

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• oscarromulus (5682)
• [2007-03-17 18:54]

Anne,
Most unusual creature.
Excellent details and the sharpness of this register is quite outstanding.
Excellent clarity too.
Very well composed and presented.
Friendly greetings from Canada from Mario.

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• foozi (9021)
• [2008-12-16 4:08]

Hi Anne,
it is such a wonder to see the beauty of caterpillars as wonderful as butterfly. they possess such a very unique features and patterns. you bring it out well to see it beauty.

Regards,
Foozi