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Caterpillar


Caterpillar
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Copyright: Mehmet Hamurkaroglu (Hamurkaroglu) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 196 W: 17 N: 73] (3185)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-04-30
Categories: Insects
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ20
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-05-09 4:19
Viewed: 3334
Points: 8
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
A caterpillar is the larva form of a lepidopteran (a member of the insect order comprising butterflies and moths).
Anatomy
Caterpillars have long segmented bodies. They have six legs, up to four pairs of prolegs on the middle segments of the abdomen, and sometimes a single pair of prolegs on the last abdominal segment. The sawfly larva (Hymenoptera) superficially resembles a caterpillar, but can usually be distinguished because the caterpillar has a gap between true legs and prolegs, whereas the sawfly does not. Another difference is that lepidopteran caterpillars have crochets or hooks on the prolegs. The gap between the prolegs and the true legs can vary from a slight gap in some species to a large gap in families such as the geometridae. The geometrids, also known as inchworms or loopers, are so named because of the way they locomote, appearing to measure the earth (the word 'geometrid' means 'earth-measurer' in Greek).


Caterpillar of the monarch butterflyCaterpillars do not breathe through their mouths. Air enters their bodies through a series of small tubules along the sides of their thorax and abdomen. These tubules are called 'spiracles', and inside the body they connect together into a network of airtubes.

Caterpillars do not have very good eyesight or senses. Rather than having fully-developed eyes they have a series of six tiny eyelets or 'stemmata' on the lower portion of their head. They rely on their antennae to help them locate food.
(Wikipedia)
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Magnifique
couleur superbe
netteté impacable
specimen original
bravo
TFS

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  • phlr Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1237 W: 130 N: 882] (2821)
  • [2006-05-09 4:58]

So colourful!
Very beautiful caterpillar!
Very good on details!
Good DOF too!
No idea about the specie that it belongs to.
TFS!

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  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2241 W: 47 N: 3167] (10926)
  • [2006-05-09 7:33]

What a nice and interesting caterpillar that you have very well captured ! Caterpillars sometime are incredible by their shape or color, like this one. I also appreciate the complementary note...
Congratulations Mehmet and thanks for sharing.

Very colourful caterpillar, Mehemet. Likely to turn into an equally colourful butterfly later, I'm sure.
The image is rich in details.

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