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12-AUG-2015 Christine Hanrahan

Rusty tussock moth caterpillar (Orgyia antiqua), #8308

Larose Forest

Found several of these chewing on the underside of speckled alder leaves. This shrub species is abundant in the 18,000 acre forest, so a few caterpillars chewing away here and there has zero impact!

Panasonic LUMIX FZ200
1/160s f/2.8 at 4.5mm iso125 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
hamery14-Aug-2015 02:56
Wow...Wonderful and great capture with amazing detail of this moth caterpillar, Christine. BV
I had found a lot of texture in it !
Hank Vander Velde14-Aug-2015 02:46
SUPER macro image Christine.
victorswan12-Aug-2015 21:20
wow Christine, This is another beauty of a Caterpillar very nice colors very well done V+
Margot W12-Aug-2015 21:12
Super shot Christine. Nice to see the troubles with pbase are fixed.
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