Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly Caterpillar

This is a Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly caterpillar. Before they pupate,

they turn a dark brown color. Those aren't its eyes, but the place

where the wings will be. Comments and critique welcome. Thank you.

Nature is full of wonders! Thanks for sharing this extraordinary image & explanantion. Cheers, Sam.

Thank you, Sam. I was not confident about this image. I feel better now. I am not really sure what I did right. I captured this image in my garden (I actually set this caterpillar on my garbage can) in order to send an email, because I wasn't sure if it was poisonous. It isn't. Ronald Alan Royer, Ph.D. , Professor in the Division of Science, (Room 230 Cyril Moore Science Center, Minot State University, Minot ND 58707) gave me the information about this caterpillar via email.

 

Those "eyes" are something else. Kinda scary looking when you look at so close. Good capture, composition, focus and DOF are spot on in my opinion (really highlighted those "eyes).

Nice Macro shot. I think the focus is just right.

Thank you very much!

Wonderful creature and photo! Congratulation!!!

Thank you!

It is a wonderful picture. One of the best macros that I have ever see. The color and texture are wonderful.

 

This one i like: Very good focus, nice if artificial background and the'interesting-factor'.Very good!

Thank you for your compliments. Andreas--The background is actually the top of a blue garbage can. The children in my neighborhood found this caterpillar in their front yard, knocked on my door, and asked me if I wanted to photograph it. (They know I love photography).