Caterpillars: Pale Tussock

ocrdu (71)in #photography • 8 years ago (edited)

The start of another, parallel series on caterpillars: the pale tussock (Calliteara pudibunda), meriansborstel in Dutch. The "merian" in the Dutch name refers to Maria Sibylla Merian, a 17th-century butterfly and insect painter.

This species is found in Europe and Anatolia and flies from April to June, and has one generation per year.

The moth is gray and has a nice shape and pattern (I have no photos of that one, sorry), but it is nowhere near as spectacular as its caterpillar:

^{Olympus XZ-1, 28mm, ISO100, f5.6, 1/25s}

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 42mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/80s}

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 42mm, ISO160, f3.2, 1/160s}

The books say there is also a brown version of this caterpillar, but I haven't seen that one yet.

Here's a photo of the adult moth:

^{Photo by Kulac, from WikiMedia Commons, under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license}

Thanks for watching!

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8 years ago in #photography by ocrdu (71)

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mnallica (60) 8 years ago

i think it is a fancy caterpillar :) and you wrote we can see it in Anatolia...i hope one day i will...it is really beautiful caterpillar.... :)

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zf90 (50) 8 years ago

Wow ..
It is the dangers of the long-haired caterpillar.

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rezack (47) 8 years ago

I have never seen this kind of caterpillar. this is amazing. the color is very beautiful, it feels like I touch. thank you already share. I am interested to find out this type of caterpillar. this information is important to me. thanks.

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aamaksal (52) 8 years ago

wow .. cool .. i have never seen a caterpillar like this..this is very extraordinary this caterpillar looks like blossom flowers

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kinia (51) 8 years ago

Sweet! Looks touchable and cuddleable :)

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stevejhuggett (62) 8 years ago

That's one funky caterpillar 😁

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bescouted (67) 8 years ago

Oh, this is a cute furry one lol Sad to hear that a dull moss comes out of it but it's like that isn't it? Dull caterpillar nice butterfly and vice versa? :)

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ocrdu (71) 8 years ago

There are exceptions, also among moths and butterflies 8-).

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kennyroy (63) 8 years ago

we called that in the Philippines, "simutsang" LOL

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