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30-May-2022	Christine Hanrahan

Hairstreak butterfly larva

Reveler Conservation Area

Found on the fresh young leaves of Bitternut Hickory. Probably this the Hickory Hairstreak caterpillar, but since the larvae of the Banded Hairstreak also feed on hickory and look just about identical, I don't know which this is.

Panasonic DMC-FZ2000
1/500s f/4.0 at 8.8mm iso125 hide exif

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Date/Time	30-May-2022 14:05:16
Make	Panasonic
Model	DMC-FZ2500
Flash Used	No
Focal Length	8.8 mm
Exposure Time	1/500 sec
Aperture	f/4
ISO Equivalent	125
Exposure Bias	0.00
White Balance	daylight (1)
Metering Mode	matrix (5)
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Exposure Program	program (2)
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Pierre		06-Jun-2022 10:32
Une très belle macro tout en détails de cette chenille! V

Don		02-Jun-2022 22:58
Now that is a "neat" caterpillar, and interesting. Is that an attendant ant? Interesting also that you've two hairstreak larvae the same. We've two hairsteak species, different genus to yours, in which the adults are identical but the larvae and attendant ants and host plants are different. Unsurprisingly, as one species has the name ictinus, the other is pseudictinus.

janescottcumming		02-Jun-2022 20:25
Interesting details in this macro view.

Fabienne		02-Jun-2022 20:13
C’est une superbe macro bien détaillée.

Allan Jay		02-Jun-2022 19:51
Wonderful detail & light!

Helen Betts		02-Jun-2022 19:36
Really excellent detail, and great that you got the ant in view, too. V.

Isabel Cutler		02-Jun-2022 19:16
Nice find! It looks huge next to that ant.

joseantonio		02-Jun-2022 18:54
lovely light and details.V.

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