Cinnabar moth caterpillar.

Awesome close-up Herb; like the clarity and bright colours.

Wonderful image.

IMPECCABLE et superbement rendue.
Bonne journée salutaire.

Excellent ce gros plan bonne journée

Super Nahaufnahme!

belle chenille , sur des séneçons ?

A sad decline in numbers! They are one of the prettier moths.
A beautiful picture Herb and great framing. A lot of money donated last
night for the Ukraine appeal on TV.

Take care. Cheers, Rosa.

This is a corker of a shot Herb............the yellow Ragwort flowers are lovely and I love the colours and detail you've captured in the caterpillar. It's quite early for them I think, I don't normally see them down here until June or July normally.

I think one of the reasons they're in decline is that Ragwort can cause skin irritation in humans and are poisonous to horses and cattle...........so they get dug up as soon as they appear, especially near stables and/or farms. As the caterpillars feed almost solely on ragwort this is a problem for them.

Great minds think alike though.........I took a similar shot of one last year: www.ipernity.com/doc/keithburton/50913178

Yes very early to see these, they must have thought it was Summer

Haha Colin, as my description allures to, this was taken on a warm summers day a few years back in Lincolnshire. So yes, they did think it was summer :)

Cheers, Herb

Cracking shot Herb love the colours with the matching Ukraine border.
Best Gordon

Glad you liked it Gordon.

Cheers, Herb

Fortunately they don't eat vegetable plants but like groundsill

That caterpillar sure blends in with it's meal.

beautiful nature and very attractive shot
maybe there will come a day when only cameras will shot...

Thanks Marek. Yes, we live in hope that the only shots will come from camera's.

Keep safe. Herb

oh beautiful!