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Many thanks for the votes and comments on yesterday's Silver Spotted Skipper and especially to Ade for the UA, all are most appreciated.
This colourful critter was crossing the mountain road in front of me in Miraflores last month. It's the caterpiller of a large (mostly white) moth known as Cerura iberica. One of it's defence mechanisms is to spit formic acid at an attacker if provoked, something that i experienced as i placed him on the branch.
Off to Spain first thing tomorrow morning, hopefully to find some new butterfly species.
| Brand: | Canon |
| Camera: | Canon EOS 40D |
| Lens: | Canon 100mm f2.8 L IS |
| Recording media: | RAW (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 17 Jul 2012 - 7:11 AM |
| Focal Length: | 100mm |
| Aperture: | f/14.0 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/400sec |
| Exposure Comp: | 0.0 |
| ISO: | 400 |
| Exposure Mode: | Aperture-priority AE |
| Metering Mode: | Multi-segment |
| Flash: | No Flash |
| Title: | Cerura iberica |
| Username: | 
NigelKiteley |
| Uploaded: | 2 Aug 2012 - 11:20 AM |
| Tags: | Cerula iberica, Close-up / macro, Moth, Wildlife / nature |
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| Votes: | 63 |
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Wow and eurgh!! what a brilliant shot! How big is he/she/it and what country? (That is what nightmares are made of!!)
Super shot Nigel. Looks like this one is getting ready to pupate judging by the colour.
I found a few of these and reared them at home in the past. I found than gently blowing in their face caused them to display their facial and tail warnings which looks good for photos, but then one got me in the eye with Formic Acid - not nice! 
Really well captured though might have gone for a slightly thinner branch myself. Just love Puss moth caterpillars, great find of one just about to pupate. Enjoy Spain we had 73 species in garden alone this year include several Apollos for the first time. Then again I do live in a butterfly hotspot.
Great find Nigel, although I'm very envious as you might imagine 
Good luck in Spain, here's hoping you find what you're looking for?......I've no doubt more deserved awards will be winging there way towards you once you start posting the results. Well done mate, it's cracking image.....
Ade
excellent! What a perfect capture ( and I do like the knobbly branch!)
I have kept your instructions preciously and will see what there is in September
An outstanding image Nigel, straight out of the top drawer. What an image to leave us with, I look forward to viewing some shots of Spanish species i've never seen or heard of before
Amazing photo of one ugly muva.
It's almost like the caterpillar is posing for you.
Amazing shot.
Ian
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