Monarch caterpillar

[sasha_feather]

Bug (caterpillar) below the cut.




This is the caterpillar for the Monarch butterfly. It's black, white, and yellow striped and munching on some milkweed. They exclusively feed on milkweed, of which there are several varieties in North America.

Comments

[cmcmck]

Impressive!

How big are they?

[sasha_feather]

Maybe the size of a pinky finger?

[cmcmck]

That's big! :o)

[shirebound]

Such wonderful camouflage.

[yourlibrarian]

So colorful, that's a great shot!

[sasha_feather]

Thanks!

[turlough]

That's a very Alice-in-Wonderland looking caterpillar!