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Spiny Party!


Spiny Party!
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Copyright: gabriel mendez (pitai) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 203 W: 15 N: 155] (1197)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-05-07 11:09
Viewed: 1290
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 18
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The caterpillar is the larval stage of butterflies and moths. They hatches from a tiny egg, then spends its time eating and growing. Caterpillars mostly eat the leaves of flowering plants and trees, using their powerful jaws (mandibles). Their diet is very limited; many species will only eat the leaves of a single type of plant. They usually eat only the plant that their mother carefully chose to lay their egg on.
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  • Great 
  • phlr Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1241 W: 129 N: 881] (2814)
  • [2006-05-07 11:39]

Great capture Gabriel!
Lots of caterpillars!
Nice shot and TFS!

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  • jmp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1740 W: 95 N: 2273] (8411)
  • [2006-05-07 12:48]

Hola Gabriel,
Rara oruga, que nunca he visto. Excelentes detalles. Sería bonito saber en qué mariposa acabará.
Gracias por compartir.
José M.

Hi Gabriel,
It they are horrid. :-)
Nice shot and compositon.
TFS Malgosia

Olá,
um momento muito bom! Gostei das cores, composição, luz, detalhes!
A foto está muito engraçada:)
Thanks Ana:)

Ola Gabriel
sinceramente na bolivia especies dificeis de apanhar tu consegues, estas orugas sao demais e a tua macro esta excelente
amei a foto
manuel

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  • nofer Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1190 W: 367 N: 803] (2230)
  • [2006-05-08 0:33]

Uma porção deles....!!! Boa macro, com boas cores e nitidez. O "branco" a esquerda que pode ser 'apagado' ele tira um pouco da atenção. Mas a foto está ótima. Parabéns!
TFS
Reynaldo

Hi Gabriel,
Maybe I said so before, but you have some amazing bugs in your place!
This is a super capture, I love the freshness of the image and the crisp details...
DOF spot on and the green is a beautiful backdrop!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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  • Graal Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 755 W: 31 N: 20] (5032)
  • [2006-05-08 2:32]

Hi Gabriel,
good macro, nice colours and sharp. Good captured this caterpillars. Well done.
Rgs, Aleksander

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  • zeca Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 373 W: 14 N: 538] (2881)
  • [2006-05-09 0:54]

Interesting and nice picture, Gabriel! This is really a caterpillar party! Very sharp details and nice colours!
All the best!
Zeca

Hi Gabriel,

These spiny caterpillars look to me very much like Hamadryas sp. (Nymphalidae), but the plant doesn't seem to be their hostplant, Dalechampia sp. (Euphorbiaceae). Yet I may be wrong in both cases... Hope someone will confirm soon enough.

Best regards,
Dmitry

P.S. After having some further research done I'm almost sure it's a Hamadryas, pretty much like H. amphinome save for light-coloured tips of the longest spines.

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