Eastern tent caterpillar ( Malacosoma americanum ), #7701 by larose forest photos


22-MAY-2015	Christine Hanrahan

A familiar sight this year and last in parts of our area. They turn into a very attractive moth: http://www.pbase.com/laroseforest/image/163534277

Panasonic LUMIX FZ200
1/2000s f/2.8 at 4.5mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto

Buz Kiefer		01-Dec-2017 21:54
Superb detail and a fine head on photo. Vote.

Hank Vander Velde		01-Dec-2017 00:47
Excellent sharp image Christine. Thanks for the link to the moth too.

Don		30-Nov-2017 22:00
Front end of rear? I can't tell even though it is a fine 'portrait'.

janescottcumming		30-Nov-2017 20:22
What a cool catch! V

globalgadabout		30-Nov-2017 16:18
the 'mad professor' look is appealing...superb shot..

Pierre Martin		30-Nov-2017 15:40
quite a close and sharp shot of the head!

Pieter Bos		30-Nov-2017 15:15
Beautiful close-up. ~V

victorswan		30-Nov-2017 15:14
A lovely close-up Christine with great detail well done BV

Patrick Goossens		30-Nov-2017 14:11
These caterpillars have some nice appearances.

Graeme		30-Nov-2017 13:51
Superb closeup details of this caterpillar, Christine.BV

Jim Coffman		30-Nov-2017 13:46
That is a cute little caterpillar! Great closeup..

laine		30-Nov-2017 09:28
Lovely hairy details...

Nirvan Hope		30-Nov-2017 05:51
An amazing closeup of this whiskery caterpillar.

joseantonio		30-Nov-2017 05:16
great and lovely closeup details.V.

Dennis Hoyne		30-Nov-2017 04:59
A fine portrait of this caterpillar. We get a lot of these around here on occasion too.

Helen Betts		30-Nov-2017 04:25
That sure is an interesting looking caterpillar! Excellent capture of it. V.

Carl Carbone		30-Nov-2017 04:01
Wow, nice portrait! We saw several ruby tiger moth cats on our walk two days ago.

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