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More caterpillars – good and different
Yesterday a huge flock of geese flew overhead, cackling - goodbye, summer. The only consolation is that the caterpillars do not fly away anywhere.
Mushroom pickers with baskets are roaming everywhere. For example, near the village of Akulovo, you can collect two baskets of honey mushrooms in half an hour. We already have several kilograms of boiled and frozen mushrooms in the freezer. Of course, you guessed that it wasn’t me who collected them? What kind of mushrooms are there when there are so many caterpillars around?
August-September is the best time for caterpillars. You need to carefully examine every bush, every blade of grass to find them. Sometimes they themselves are there, cheerfully stomping along the road right towards an amateur photographer (if you’re lucky), or their death in the form of a car, a bicycle, a man with big boots.
Today I visited the caterpillars wine hawk moths in the thickets of fireweed and found a fallen elm there - a couple of days ago there was strong wind, so the tree broke.
I carefully examined the leaves and found a large beauty on the underside - she was lying in a soft cobweb “hammock”.
Redtails prefer birch, beech and oak forests. At the end of October the caterpillar pupates on the ground, and at the end of May the butterflies appear.
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A butterfly like this – http://macroid.ru/showphoto.php/photo/15913
A couple of days ago I found a caterpillar on a young willow, and today I met another one on another willow. They sit on the underside of the leaf, pretending to be a black vein or some kind of dry shoot.
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A butterfly like this - http://macroid.ru/showphoto.php/photo/3355
I found several of these caterpillars, all sitting on barkweed (wild scabiosa) in the forest and diligently chewing green seeds. The European guides say that there these caterpillars prefer to eat broom, willow and even fir.
Many cutworm caterpillars are similar to each other, so it is impossible to identify them, but this one in striped “pajamas” cannot be confused with others.
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This little dragon is less than two cm long. The caterpillar was sitting on a young birch tree in the company of large multi-colored sawflies - yellow with black speckles.
This species of goose feeds only on alder and birch. Butterflies are rare, local, preferring swampy forests. The photo shows that a cobweb stretches from the front of the dragon's body - the caterpillar uses it to protect itself from enemies and to attach itself to a leaf. It pupates directly on the leaf, securing the edges with a cobweb; later the pupa falls to the ground, where it lies until spring.
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A modest butterfly, like this - http://macroid.ru/showphoto.php/photo/1928
The caterpillar is approximately 1.5 cm long. Foreign websites say that this species feeds on hawthorn and thorns, but I found the caterpillar on a wild apple tree. She cleverly pretended to be the central vein of a leaf.
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A butterfly like this - http://macroid.ru/showphoto.php/photo/3351
Caterpillars of this species come in two forms - brown and green. They eat different types of grass. I found this goose on a drying umbrella inflorescence - she was thoughtfully chewing the seeds.
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The butterfly is large and fluffy, like this - http://home.scarlet.be/entomart/images/Cossuscossus.jpg
Disguises itself as a tree trunk.
I photographed this “bracelet” not to make anyone horrified, but to show several important things:
1. Pay attention to the size - this alone is worthy of admiration; after all, there are not many giant insects in our cold regions. 2. This caterpillar is clearly not Miss Moscow Region, but it does not bite, is not poisonous, its coarse hairs do not cause hives, so young entomologists love to scare adults with such “monsters”, although in fact cuddling this caterpillar is much safer than petting a stray kitten, The caterpillar does not tolerate fleas and diseases. 3. Such an unattractive appearance is apparently an adaptation to unusual image life - a goose lives 2-4 years under the bark of a tree.
The caterpillar was not sitting still, so all the pictures are slightly out of focus. She stomped along the road at wild speed, and I decided to take her to the forest before anyone noticed this “horror story.” I was amazed by the strength of this beast - when it crawls along my hand, it feels like a toy car with studded tires is rolling.
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A butterfly like this - http://www.gardensafari.net/pics/nachtvlinders/macro/tandspinners/phalera_bucephala_hs3_2615.jpg
A lonely caterpillar was sitting on a young tree in the forest, it seemed to be an elm. These caterpillars love different trees– oak, apple tree, birch, aspen, maple, hazel.
When I disturbed it, the caterpillar hid its head and raised its “butt” up threateningly.
They say that before there were outbreaks of these caterpillars on oak trees, but I didn’t see them, since the nearest oak grove is more than an hour’s drive away. It’s a pity, because it’s near the oak trees that beautiful green cutworms and stag beetles should live.
The hole caterpillar chews leaves until September, grows up to 6 cm, then pupates in the ground
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The butterfly is large and beautiful, masquerading as a birch tree, here is a photo - http://pbc.codehog.co.uk/bhs/pics/200506/peppered_27jun05_640_20.jpg
Geese are green and brown. If you touch them, they stand up in a column and pretend to be a twig. They move very interestingly - they pull the back of their body forward, bend, as if measuring out spans.
This goose was very small, about 2.5 mm thick. She sat on a young birch tree and sent out cobwebs from her jaws - this can be seen with high magnification. Caterpillars are anchored and move using webs. They also have two funny “horns” on their heads for camouflage.
A variety of color variations of moths (both butterflies and caterpillars are different color) - http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Biston_Betularia
Not everyone likes caterpillars, but don’t forget that sooner or later butterflies will “hatch” from them. 
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At the end of summer we have a lot of large forest pearlcrests flying around. They are red and smoky. The lower wings of mother-of-pearlfish have special shiny spots that help them identify individuals of their species from afar.
Sometimes I come across small pearlescents that I get confused about. They are two times smaller than the big ones. This one seems to be similar to Aglaya - the black spots on the front wings, with proper imagination, can be read as 1356.
Aglaya (literally - Shiny) in Greek mythology– goddess-harita (Grace), the personification of beauty, harmony, grace. Daughter of Zeus and Eurynome.
The caterpillar's food plant is wild viola.
Of course, it is best to photograph butterflies on flowers - it is both natural and beautiful. But what to do if a strong wind bends the inflorescences to the ground and it is impossible to focus? For this case, I have my own know-how - sometimes I put a bottle of honey solution in my pocket. He dipped his finger and brought it to the butterfly - it passed over it. The main thing is to approach carefully so that the shadow does not fall.
And you still need to carry it with you wet wipes, otherwise not only your hands will soon become sticky. And, of course, it is advisable that there are no people nearby, otherwise they will look at you like a panda in a zoo.
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The golden armyworm flies in August-October. The egg overwinters. The caterpillar is brown and lives on blueberries, willows, elms and some other plants.
Usually you only see gray cutworms, so finding a light one is good luck.
She was sitting in the forest where wild raspberries and blueberries grow. While I was photographing it, moving the leaf up and down, the cutworm woke up, vibrated its wings and flew away.
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Look, is that a hummingbird? No, this is some kind of unusual insect. Or not? Still a hummingbird?
This is a glass hummingbird or hawk moth Hemaris thysbe, with a wingspan of 38-50 mm, which is so reminiscent of a hummingbird when feeding that many people would never guess that it is a moth hovering above flowers. The diurnal behavior of these butterflies and their similarity to hummingbirds in size, foraging and feeding behavior lead to the fact that this species is very often mistakenly identified in nature.
The butterfly feeds through a long proboscis, which curls up under its head when not in use. The hawk moth lives in North America, especially noticeable in the spring.
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Caterpillar - alien
Predators are more likely to attack caterpillars than butterflies. Therefore, at the caterpillar stage of life, many of them have a terrifying coloration. This green alien comes from the Philippines. It seems that his head is quite large and creepy, but this is just the effect of fake eyes, spots with the corresponding coloring. As a rule, the caterpillar's head is much smaller and is not located in the abdominal part.
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Beetle – Darth Maul
The large milkweed beetle Oncopeltus fasciatus has the middle name Darth Maul, due to the similarity of coloring to the character's face. Star Wars" It feeds mainly on seeds, particularly milkweed.
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Caterpillar - snake
Wine Hawkmoth, known as elephant hawk moth, is a large butterfly of the family Sphingidae. Found throughout Great Britain and Ireland. Its larva is about 75 mm long and colored green and brown. When frightened, the caterpillar raises its body, leaning on its front part.
This pose resembles a snake with big head, and four spots imitate the eyes of a snake. These caterpillars are mainly hunted by birds, but when the caterpillar is in this snake position, the birds do not dare to approach. It is unclear whether the birds see that the caterpillar actually resembles a snake, or whether they are simply frightened by the sudden transformation of the prey into an unfamiliar, brightly colored creature.
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Flower caterpillar
Can you figure out where the flowers are and where the caterpillar is? Moth caterpillar ( Synchlora aerata) is a genius at camouflage. She glues pieces of petals bright colors to your back to blend in with the world around you.
Depending on what plant they feed on, they may use all parts of colorful plants in the hope of not being discovered. When the petals begin to weaken and fade, the caterpillar discards them and replaces them with a new “coat”.
Pictured is the Winter Armyworm
Early purple-gray armyworm Orthosia incerta Hdn. (syn. Taeniocampa incerta Hfn.) - a butterfly with a wingspan of 35-37 mm. The forewings are violet-gray with a reddish-brown tint, the hind wings are yellowish-white, covered in gray pollen. On the front wings there are two large blurry spots with white edges and a wavy whitish line.
In the photo, the caterpillar of the winter armyworm
The fall armyworm caterpillar is green, lightly patterned, with a white or yellow line on the back and light yellow on the sides.
The pupa is red-brown in color. Caterpillars feed during May - July on fruit and deciduous trees and shrubs.
Look what cutworm caterpillars look like in the photo, which shows different stages of their development:
Control measures or how to get rid of cutworm caterpillars, described below, the most current remedies are proposed.
Collection and destruction of single caterpillars. Preventive annual spraying of plants before flowering against a complex of pests with drugs: fufanon, kemifos, kinmiks, actellik, spark, Inta-Vir, also reduces the number of cutworms.
In the photo there is a yellow-brown armyworm
Early yellow-brown cutworm Orthosia stabilis Schiff. (syn. Taeniocampaaa stabilis View) - a butterfly with a wingspan of 35 mm. The forewings are brownish-red with a yellow tint. There is a wavy whitish line and spots with light edges. Near the transverse line a row of black small dots. The hind wings are yellowish-gray, with light fringe.
Unlike the cutworm butterfly, the caterpillar does not have such an attractive appearance.
In the photo there is a yellow-brown scythe caterpillar
It is green, with small yellowish dots and five yellowish longitudinal lines on the back.
The penultimate ring has a yellow crossbar. The flight of butterflies is observed in April; after fertilization, females lay eggs on the buds and leaves of bushes and trees. Feeding and development of caterpillars is observed in late May - June. The early yellow-brown armyworm is common on apple trees, oak trees and many deciduous trees. It is constantly found on strawberries due to the presence of green leaves on overwintered bushes.
Fighting methods against cutworm caterpillars are the same as against the purple cutworm.
In the photo there is a brown-gray scoop
Early brown armyworm Orthosia gothica L. (syn. Taeniocampa gothica L.) - a butterfly with a wingspan of 35-37 mm, the front wings are brown-gray with a light wavy stripe and thin white transverse lines. Between the kidney-shaped and black oblong spots there is a black space with ring-shaped spots, the hind wings are gray-brown.
In the photo there is a brown-gray scoop caterpillar
The caterpillar of the gnawing cutworm is green in color, with a green head, three whitish-yellow lines on the back, and a wide band on the sides. white stripe. The pupa is brown. Caterpillars feed in April-May on fruit trees, shrubs and many herbaceous plants.
Control measures the same as against the early violet-gray cutworm.
Pictured is the Blue-headed Owl
Blue-headed armyworm, or blue-headed cutworm Diloba coeruleocephala L. (syn. Episema coeruleocephala L.), is a moth of brownish-gray color, with a wingspan of 40 mm. The forewings are violet-gray, with a large yellowish-white spot, consisting of three small ones; the base of the wings is brownish, with a reddish spot. The same spot is also present on the inner corner of the wing. The hind wings are light gray, with an indistinct spot and a dark posterior corner. The fight against the blue-headed armyworm caterpillar should begin long before the butterflies emerge.
In the photo, the blue-headed armyworm caterpillar
The caterpillar is bluish-white, 35-38 mm long, has yellowish lines on the back and sides and black tubercles along the body, covered with hairs. The pupa is red-brown in color, covered with bluish-gray pollen. The eggs overwinter on branches near the buds. In early spring The caterpillars hatch and feed on buds, leaves and fruits, roughly eating them. On damaged ovaries, nibbles remain, which are later visible as brown, healed damage to the fruit. Having finished feeding, the caterpillars pupate in June in dense, cobwebby white cocoons in crevices of the bark. In September - early October, butterflies fly out and after fertilization, the females lay eggs on the branches. One generation of the pest develops per year.
The cutworm damages all fruit crops, many berry bushes and forest species.
Control measures the same as against the early violet-gray cutworm.
Once when I was a child, at my grandmother’s in the village, I saw unusual caterpillar- large, bright green with orange horns. When I touched it with a twig, the caterpillar released its horns more strongly. I don’t know what kind of butterfly it turned out to be, but the caterpillar was very beautiful. Recently I remembered this episode from my childhood and tried to search the Internet for this caterpillar. Maybe I didn’t remember something so well, but I didn’t find one, but I did find many other interesting and unusual ones. By the way, most beautiful caterpillars the butterflies are quite inconspicuous...
Among the caterpillars there are simply stunningly beautiful specimens, but the bright coloring most often indicates that these creatures are poisonous. This provides them with reliable protection from enemies, but people are curious and strive to hold these cuties in their hands. For example, a caterpillar eucleid butterflies (Sibine stimulea) looks funny: she seems to be wearing a green vest with a hole in the back. At both ends of the larva's body there are a pair of horn-like processes. On these processes there are many stinging hairs, touching which the offender will immediately be struck by poison. The sensations after contact with the eucleid caterpillar are very painful: the affected area swells, a rash and nausea appear. A person can remain in this state for several days. living in Northern and South America.
2. Sibine stimulation
Butterfly caterpillar dipper bear It resembles a zebra in color, only it is painted with black and orange stripes. These cute creatures have a truly brutal appetite, and they feed on plants of the ragus genus, most of which are poisonous. This species of butterfly was even specially distributed in New Zealand, Australia and North America in order to reduce the number of ragworts growing in the area. Actually, thanks to this diet, caterpillars become poisonous
3. Ursa rosa
Newly hatched butterfly larva monarch so small that after hatching it can hardly be seen. True, it grows very quickly, feeding exclusively on plants of the genus cottonweed, the milky juice of which is poisonous. Thanks to this, the larvae also become poisonous and inedible for predators. Very soon the monarch danaid caterpillar reaches 5 centimeters in length, and their striped black, white and yellow coloring can already be clearly seen. By the way, the monarch is considered one of the most beautiful butterflies in the world. One of the most famous butterflies North America, in the 19th century, representatives of this species were found in New Zealand and Australia. In Europe they are common Canary Islands and Madeira, during migrations noted in Russia, on Azores, in Sweden and Spain, found in northern Africa.
4. Monarch.
Caterpillar gypsy moth has on its body, covered with an unimaginable number of hairs, five pairs of red and six pairs of blue spots. The hairs serve mainly for propagation - thanks to them, the larvae are easily picked up and carried by the wind.
However, if the hairs are touched, pain and skin irritation will occur. The gypsy moth is a real scourge of forest lands; maples, elms and oaks are especially often affected by the caterpillars. The gypsy moth is distributed throughout almost all of Europe, North Africa, temperate latitudes Asia and North America, southern regions of Central Asia.
5. Gypsy moth.
Butterfly caterpillar Parasa indetermina family of tearworms does not exceed 1 inch in length, and is colored with longitudinal stripes of orange, yellow and Brown, and a wide purple stripe runs down the back. On the body of the caterpillar there are five pairs of massive processes similar to horns, which are dotted with small hairs with black tips. Touching the larva causes a very unpleasant sensation, as the poisonous tips dig into the skin, causing a rash and itching. The caterpillar feeds on the leaves of dogwood, maple, oak, cherry, apple, poplar and hickory and lives in North and South America.
6. Parasa indetermina
Lophocampa caryae - black and white caterpillar, whose body is covered with many grayish-white hairs. However, these hairs do not pose any danger, since the larva’s weapon is two pairs of black spines located in the front and back of the body, each of which is connected to a poisonous gland. Upon contact with thorns, irritation and rash appear on human skin. These caterpillars are common in southern Canada and the northern regions of the United States and are found between June and September. The larvae live for approximately 8 weeks, feeding on hickory and walnut leaves.
7. Lophocampa caryae
Automeris.io- Very beautiful butterfly family of peacock eyes, native to North America. Its caterpillar starts life orange, but as it ages it changes to bright green with two stripes of red and white on the sides of the body.
The entire surface of the larva's body is dotted with tufts of hairs, upon touching which the offender will be affected by two types of poison at once, causing severe pain, burning, and inflammation. This caterpillar feeds on the leaves of willow, maple, oak, elm, aspen, cherry and pear, and is found between February and September.
8.Automeris.io
Another representative of the slug family - Euclea delphinii. Its body, flattened at the top, does not exceed one inch in length, and is colored for the most part in green color, with two longitudinal orange-red stripes. Like other slugs, this caterpillar's weapon is poisonous spine-like hairs on the back of its body. Upon contact, they dig into the skin, and without medical care it will be difficult for the person. The species lives in the United States, feeding on the leaves of ash, oak, chestnut and some other trees.
9. Euclea delphinii
A few more caterpillars and their butterflies, which I found in the depths of the Internet))
Butterflies from the squad blueberries quite often found in Russia, including Siberia. These butterflies are quite small, but so cute, and the caterpillars are quite ordinary.
10. Cupido arjades 
11. Lucaena dispar
Peacock eye- a butterfly that can also often be found in our area. It's a beautiful butterfly, and its caterpillar is also quite interesting.
12. Peacock eye.
Swallowtail considered one of the most beautiful butterflies in Europe ( perhaps I saw a similar caterpillar in childhood). In total, there are 550 species of this beautiful family in the world fauna, inhabiting the temperate zone of Asia, northern Africa, North America, throughout Europe (absent only in Ireland, and in England it lives only in Norfolk). The swallowtail was once one of the most common butterflies in Europe, but is now a rare, declining species and is listed in the Red Book. The decline in the number of this beautiful butterfly is associated, first of all, with the change or complete destruction of its habitats through the use of pesticides and other toxic substances, as well as due to trapping.
13. Swallowtail sailboat
Ursa Caja (Arctia caja) distributed throughout Europe, as well as in Siberia, Far East, in Central and Asia Minor, in China, Korea and Japan, in North America. Lives in gardens, wastelands and other open places.
14. Arctia caja 
The silver hole (Phalera bucephala) is found in all countries of the middle and of Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, the Baltic states, the European part of Russia and Turkey.
15. Phalera bucephala .jpg)
Small peacock eye, or Night Peacock's Eye (Saturnia pavonia). The wingspan of these butterflies is 50 - 70 mm. Sexual dimorphism is pronounced: in females the background of the hind wings is gray, and in the male it is orange. The butterfly is distributed throughout most of Europe, Asia Minor, throughout forest zone Eurasia to Japan, in the European part of Russia, in the Caucasus, in Siberia, in the Far East. Inhabits heather heaths, as well as mountain, rocky steppes and deciduous forests.
16. Saturnia pavonia 
Heliconid Julia (Dryas Julia) has a bright orange wing color; when at rest, it folds them and becomes like a dry leaf. Distributed in Central and South America. Occurs all year round, sometimes in large quantities.
17. Dryas Julia
Peacock-eye Atlas (Attacus atlas)- a butterfly from the Peacock-eye family is considered one of the largest butterflies in the world; wingspan up to 26 cm, females are noticeably larger than males. Found in tropical and subtropical forests South-East Asia, South China and from Thailand to Indonesia, Borneo, Java.
18.Attacs atlas. 
Butterfly Heliconius melpomene belongs to the Heliconidae family; distributed over a vast area from Mexico to Brazil. Lives in wet forests, flies through copses, but avoids sunny places.
19. Heliconius melpomene
Junonia orithya (Nymphalida orithya); the halo of its habitat is Africa, South and Southeast Asia, India, Australia.
20. Jinonia orithya 
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