Freshly Hatched....

...Orange Tip Butterfly caterpillar, from the egg on my previous post.
Feeding well on the garlic mustard, growing already from the 2mm. it was at hatching.

These are 2,5 - 3mm.








I understand that the small beads of liquid on the hairs are a deterrent to predators.

More to follow, no doubt.....

All c&c welcome,

Roger.

Terrific shots, Roger, and a wonderful follow-up to the extraordinary egg one.

Looking forward to seeing the shots of the different instar stages.

Jon

Thanks Jon.

Roger.

I was hoping that you'd do this. Keep up with its appetite - I'd love to see the entire series.

you could end up turning this into a nature documentary - great shooting, particularly picking out the liquid and hairs

Absolutely - keep them coming!