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Caterpillar of euproctis similis on hawthorn.

Hairy Gipsy Moth Caterpillar famous as Lymantria Climbing on the wooden table in Northern Wisconsin Forest

Lepidoptera larvae in the wild, North China

Harmonia axyridis Asian Ladybeetle Larva Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

pine processionary caterpillar (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) nesting in a pine grove

$Aporia crataegi, the black-veined white, is a large butterfly of the family Pieridae. A. crataegi is widespread and common. Its range extends from northwest Africa in the west to Transcaucasia and across the Palearctic to Siberia and Japan in the east. In the south, it is found in Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon and Syria. It is not present in the British Isles and northern Scandinavia. \nDescription:\nThe black-veined white has a wingspan of 51 to 70 mm. Females are commonly larger than males. The upper side of both forewings and hindwings is a translucent white boldly veined with black. The underside is similar in the male but the female has brown veining. Moreover, the female loses most of her scales by rubbing her wings together, resulting almost-transparent.\nBiology:\nThe flight period of the black-veined white is between April and July. The adults are quite social and their abundance varies greatly from year to year. The eggs are laid on the food plant, usually a member of the rose family Rosaceae and often on trees and bushes.\nThe eggs are laid in groups of 30 to 100. They take about three weeks to hatch. The caterpillars tend to remain in a group with a communal larval web. This species has one generation each year. The caterpillars overwinter communally in a webbing tent with entwined leaves. Caterpillars feed close together on the leaves of the food plant at first, before dispersing in the later developmental stages to other parts of the tree. \nThe pupal stage lasts about three weeks.\n\nDistribution and habitat:\nIt occurs in open forest, grazing land, orchards. lanes, gardens, meadows and thickets throughout most of Europe. This species is extinct in the British Isles (source Wikipedia). \n\nThis Picture is made during a long weekend in the South of Belgium in June 2006.$

Hickory Tussock Moth Caterpillar seeking food during early August in Shapleigh, Maine.

Caterpillar of the Large White Butterfly, Pieris brassicae, eating cabbage leaves

Spiny elm caterpillar on a fan palm plant

pine processionary (processionary) caterpillars (caterpillar) in the green grass (green lawn) in the flock close up (macro) - (thaumetopoea pityocampa)

Caterpillar crawling on white flower - animal behavior.

A caterpillar with many long black hairs on its body and many small water droplets on its long hairs.

Small hairy Yellowtail moth Caterpillar on a leaf in October Cornwall

this is the caterpillar of the samia cynthia walkeri. this moth species lives in asia and is used for the silk the caterpillars produce.

Lepidoptera insects in the wild, North China

Arctia Caja (Northern Garden Tiger Moth)Caterpillar on the Ground near Hound Tor, Dartmoor

A selective focus shot of a box tree caterpillar in the wild.

Natural closeup on the hairy caterpillar of the European, ruby, tiger moth, Phragmatobia fuliginosa

$Malacosoma castrense (or Malacosoma castrensis), the ground lackey, is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae. It is a tent caterpillar found in Europe.\nThe length of the forewings is 13–16 mm for males and 17–21 mm for females. The moth flies from June to August, depending on the location.\nThe caterpillars feed on various shrubs and herbaceous plants such as heather, cypress spurge, and Lotus species (source Wikipedia).\n\nThis is a quite common Species in the Netherlands.$

Caterpillars are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths).

American Dagger Moth yellow caterpillar on top of a fuchsia dahlia petal

Night butterfly caterpillar eats the grass.

A caterpillar with many long black hairs on its body and many small water droplets on its long hairs. It walks on the glass table, and the table has its reflection.

The larvae of the moth live on wild plants in North China

Macro image of a garden tiger moth caterpillar which is also known as woolly bear caterpillar living in its natural environment on a fresh green leaf. The insect is captured in horizontal composition under natural lighting condition using the aperture f/4.5.

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