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22-MAY-2006 Christine Hanrahan

Baltimore checkerspot larva (Euphydryas phaeton)

Larose Forest

Nikon Coolpix 5700
1/152s f/3.9 at 13.7mm iso100 full exif

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Graeme12-Mar-2016 13:47
Superb close up and find, Christine.BV
Torben Jorgensen12-Mar-2016 10:26
Beautiful colors and fine detail. V
Yvonne12-Mar-2016 10:02
Wonderful image, and very interesting to read the comments! v
Helen Betts12-Mar-2016 09:42
Well captured, and seems to be appropriately named. The "Baltimore" part surprised me, but now I see the connection. V.
Pierre Martin12-Mar-2016 03:40
greatly capted with lot of details!
Hank Vander Velde12-Mar-2016 00:04
A tack sharp macro image Christine.
Walter Otto Koenig11-Mar-2016 22:25
Had to look this one up too and learned it is the official state insect of the U.S. State of Maryland. Amazing how it looks in butterfly form. Great find Christine.
globalgadabout11-Mar-2016 22:17
whatever the plant, it does look succulent...the larva looks lovely too, although clearly a long way from Maryland..
Don11-Mar-2016 22:03
Those rows of branched tubercles, along with the colours, made me think this must be a close relative of our Blue Argus, caterpillars of which are in my backyard at the moment. So I looked up the Baltimore Checkerspot on the web, and yes, they're both nymphalids and looks like they might be even more closeely related than that. The foodplant wouldn't happen to be in Acanthaceae or Scrophulariaceae by any chance?
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