Posts in Category: caterpillar

caterpillar

On August 13, 2025 by lightshedder With 0 Comments - action, butterflies and insects, caterpillar, insect, Kennebunk, Maine, nature, Sony A6700 with Tamron 50-400Di iii

I am not certain which caterpillar this is. It was hanging, as they do, from a single tread from a branch overhead, along the Kennebunk Bridle Path, and doing its caterpillar dance. I snuck up on it with my Sony a6700 and Tamron 50-400 at 133mm equivalent. Program with my insect modifications and highlight metering to preserve detail in the caterpillar in the sun against the dark background. Processed in Photomator and assembled in FrameMagic.

Biggest Week in American Birding! caterpillar catcher

On June 3, 2024 by lightshedder With 0 Comments - action, biggest week in american birding, birds, caterpillar, Magee Marsh, nature, Ohio, OM-1Mkii with ED100-400IS, warbler

Prothonotary Warbler: Magee Marsh Boardwalk, Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, Oak Harbor, Ohio, May 2024 — A Prothonotary Warbler doing what it does…finding and eating some kind of tiny caterpillar in the undergrowth. OM System OM-1Mkii with M.Zuiko 100-400IS zoom at 800mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom bird modifications. Processed in Photomator.

The Cycle of Nature…

On March 10, 2015 by lightshedder With 0 Comments - animals, birds, butterflies and insects, caterpillar, desert, flowers, p&s 4 wildlife, Pic of the Day, wildflower, wildlife

Anza Borrego State Park, CA

Anza Borrego Desert State Park, CA

Late post today, as I took the red-eye from San Diego last night, and got home only an hour ago. I spent the day yesterday in and around Anza Borrego Desert State Park in California. My friend Bruce Aird and I stopped at the Visitor Center to get directions to the best wildflower displays and learned a bit of interesting natural history. When the rains fall at the right time, as they did this year, the desert fairly leaps into bloom. After only a few days, caterpillars appear, many different kinds, both butterfly and moth, and within a few days more the flowers are completely gone (eaten by the caterpillars). When the caterpillars come out, hundreds of Swainson’s Hawks arrive over Anza Borrego to gorge themselves on the caterpillars! We found large blooms of wildflowers, but locals say the earliest blooms are already gone. We did see lots of caterpillers among the plants, busy. And we saw 3 different kettles of Swainson’s Hawks…maybe 50 hawks in total, in just a few moments of looking. And the cycle goes on!

Sony HX400V. Processed in Lightroom and assembled in Phototastic on my Surface Pro 3 tablet.