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Bill Pham
2nd of September 2007 (Sun), 22:13
this is the biggest one i ever see. how do you frame something this big with only your 100 macro handy? it was around 4 inches long and about 3/4 inches around.

Bill
Bill Pham
2nd of September 2007 (Sun), 22:17
last shot.

Bill
Jay Lowery
2nd of September 2007 (Sun), 22:35
run for the hills! lol good shots
Bill Pham
2nd of September 2007 (Sun), 22:37
run for the hills! lol good shots

yea you should have seen that sucker. those are uncrop shot also just resize for forum use.

Bill
Peepaw
2nd of September 2007 (Sun), 22:50
Nice shots, that is one big bug.

Scott
gjl711
2nd of September 2007 (Sun), 23:10
WOW!! love the spikes on the thing. Great poses and I love the color.
LordV
3rd of September 2007 (Mon), 01:43
Well you did well- excellent series :)
Brian V.
Attic
3rd of September 2007 (Mon), 04:18
A cracking caterpillar Bill, good set :-)
Bill Pham
3rd of September 2007 (Mon), 07:12
Nice shots, that is one big bug.

Scott

WOW!! love the spikes on the thing. Great poses and I love the color.

Well you did well- excellent series :)
Brian V.

A cracking caterpillar Bill, good set :-)

thank you gentlemen for the comment.

Bill
racketman
3rd of September 2007 (Mon), 08:35
looks very annoyed in #2, good detail.
bandit 1
3rd of September 2007 (Mon), 12:36
Hiya Bill,
Great series of shots, that's some beastie, had a look though ' Bugguide ' & found this which seems to be possible your Catapiller ???

Just hope I got the link right :lol:

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://bugguide.net/images/raw/0Q9RRQ3RXQFR20000QS090FRN0Z060Z020FRKQTRJKTQI0FQ3K DQHQFRRQFR903QI0VR3KFQU0DR.jpg&imgrefurl=http://bugguide.net/node/view/10958&h=446&w=400&sz=36&hl=en&start=10&um=1&tbnid=USCIOmyf-YhPDM:&tbnh=127&tbnw=114&prev=/images%3Fq%3DHyalophora%2Bminnesota%26svnum%3D10%2 6um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rls%3DGGLJ,GGLJ:2006-41,GGLJ:en-GB%26sa%3DN

Cheers for now
Mark
eccles
3rd of September 2007 (Mon), 12:57
Wow! Keep that caterpillar and you could see it emerge as this beauty:
http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4TH/KKHP/1insects/cecropia.html
skylab
3rd of September 2007 (Mon), 12:59
Super shots Bill. You can keep them on your side of the pond.
Bill Pham
3rd of September 2007 (Mon), 13:31
looks very annoyed in #2, good detail.

Hiya Bill,
Great series of shots, that's some beastie, had a look though ' Bugguide ' & found this which seems to be possible your Catapiller ???

Just hope I got the link right :lol:

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://bugguide.net/images/raw/0Q9RRQ3RXQFR20000QS090FRN0Z060Z020FRKQTRJKTQI0FQ3K DQHQFRRQFR903QI0VR3KFQU0DR.jpg&imgrefurl=http://bugguide.net/node/view/10958&h=446&w=400&sz=36&hl=en&start=10&um=1&tbnid=USCIOmyf-YhPDM:&tbnh=127&tbnw=114&prev=/images%3Fq%3DHyalophora%2Bminnesota%26svnum%3D10%2 6um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rls%3DGGLJ,GGLJ:2006-41,GGLJ:en-GB%26sa%3DN

Cheers for now
Mark

thank you Toby and Mark. thanks for the id too Mark sure looks like the same one to me too.

Bill
Bill Pham
3rd of September 2007 (Mon), 13:32
Wow! Keep that caterpillar and you could see it emerge as this beauty:
http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4TH/KKHP/1insects/cecropia.html

Super shots Bill. You can keep them on your side of the pond.

thanks Eccles and Brian. what you mean i can keep them here don't you want them too :D:D

Bill
eccles
3rd of September 2007 (Mon), 15:34
I meant that it'd be cool to see it emerge as a moth next year. It must be close to pupating now.
dreamline
3rd of September 2007 (Mon), 16:04
Great series Bill. Lovely detail. Those blue spikes make it look really special.
Bill Pham
3rd of September 2007 (Mon), 16:06
I meant that it'd be cool to see it emerge as a moth next year. It must be close to pupating now.

Great series Bill. Lovely detail. Those blue spikes make it look really special.

thank eccles for the link wow that would have been neat to see it. but i let it go.

thanks Bernie for the comment. that was one big cat.

Bill