Butterflies: Swallowtail

[ocrdu]

^{Three butterfly postings in one day? Well, yes, just trying to break this bloody cat monopoly. Cats kill butterflies for no good reason, did you know that? Not so cute now, are they?}

This is a posting about butterflies without a photo of a butterfly, a unique moment in the history of Steemit.

It is about the swallowtail (Papilio machaon), koninginnenpage in Dutch, and I have never seen one. Sounds like a boring post coming up, but bear with me.

They have become rare here in The Netherlands, but I do know they are still around, because I managed to get a photo of the caterpillar, which is impressive enough by itself to warrant a posting.

At about 5cm (2") in length, and brightly coloured, it is quite a thing to see:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 28mm, ISO100, f5.6, 1/80s}

This one is sitting on a carrot top, which they are wont to do.

The butterfly itself is also very pretty; fortunately, @adrianobalan posted photos of it a few days ago, so you can go there to have a look at it.

Thanks for watching!

Previous in series: Ringlet.

Comments

[schattenjaeger]

Just wanted to let you know I'll continue working on Black and Silver first thing in the morning.

So, it's not dead. Just did some gaming stuff in the meantime.

[ocrdu]

I noticed. Stop gaming and write. Youth these days ...

[irdaagstna]

The caterpillar is so fat and really cute.. it has to be a Beautiful buttetfly soon..

[mnallica]

Ohh my God...a caterpillar with beautiful colors...congrats my friend...it is hard thing to find these species...an excellent macro shot...!

Have a nice weekend...:)

[ocrdu]

Thanks, and you too!

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[trizwansyah79]

Caterpillars are displayed is beautiful, what if he has changed so the butterflies must be more beautiful in my opinion.

[mully]

Ulat nya keren

[leanvix]

That is one cool looking caterpillar! I've seen the swallowtail (Svalestjert in Norwegian) around here where I live, but it's not the most common sight. Great shot as always!

[ocrdu]

Thanks!

[manorvillemike]

Chunky looking guys.

[ocrdu]

They eat a lot as well.

[raihannur]

Beautiful :)

[hethur240]

Very pretty! That's a great shot. Thanks for sharing with us!

[ocrdu]

You are most welcome.

[adialam]

Like a military strip in a green forest

[toaonly]

Nice Post @rajeeb

[afrinsultana]

awesome...photography...

[jhonsnow2]

Beautiful photography really amazing thanks for sharing sir...resteemed