Another quiet day, so time to post those caterpillar photos I mentioned yesterday. The cinnabar caterpillar is very distinctive with bright orange and black stripes. It feeds almost exclusively on ragwort (they also like groundsel), and once on a plant will stay put until the food source runs out. 
Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100mm f/2.8L macro IS USM lens.
serola
8 Aug 2011Two last pictures are really 😎
Words
8 Aug 2011Erwin, thanks!
Words
8 Aug 2011Sami, thanks. The first two shots are in natural light, the last two with flash at night.
serola
10 Aug 2011Originally posted by Words:
Excellent use of flash! :up:
Words
10 Aug 2011Sami, it was set to 1/8th power and I used the built in diffuser… gentle light!
Cynthia23
11 Aug 2011Last summer I saw one of the moths that this caterpillar morphs into. Really just now I am able to name it. Thanks to you. I did a little search on the caterpillar, and there was a picture of the moth. Cool Words! Thanks for naming one of the moths in my folder of "name this moth!" Yay!! 🙂
Words
11 Aug 2011Cynthia, glad to be of assistance!
serola
11 Aug 2011Originally posted by Words:
Yes, I guessed so :up: Looks great. And did you do anything for color temperature / white balance? It looks so nice and warm.
Words
11 Aug 2011For flash I have the camera set to AWB. Everything else is shot in 'daylight' setting. I didn't adjust the colour balance.
SittingFox
14 Aug 2011Excellent shots of a species that relies upon an unpopular species. Ragwort needs a place in this country somewhere.
Words
14 Aug 2011Adele, there seem to be a lot of myths around ragwort but from what I can find it's no more dangerous a plant than so many others.
Mickeyjoe-Irl
20 Aug 2011Just spent a couple of days clearing all the ragwort from our back garden as Mam has designs on getting a donkey and ragwort is poisonous to livestock.
Words
21 Aug 2011Mick, that's a wise move if the land is going to be grazed.
Wulpen
19 Oct 2012Very good Photos