Hickory Horned Devil

Posted by Tracey (Maryland, United States) on 13 September 2008 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

My son found this *delight* of nature in our field, under a walnut tree, which is a favorite habitat for this type of caterpillar. It will burrow into the ground and change into a Royal Walnut Moth.

You can see other pics of it here.

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Comments (20)

K.B from Sweden

It looks nasty. But fine colors have it, and it can not take away from it. Good picture

13 Sep 2008 5:59am

Eye Spy from Menorca, Spain

Great macro, I like the monster!

13 Sep 2008 7:39am

GJC from Kyoto, Japan

That is incredible. I would have used a very long zoooooooom lens to take this one if it were me :) Thanks for sharing.

13 Sep 2008 8:31am

Andrew Gould from Sydney, Australia

You're wonderful at doing this kind of thing, Tracey! What a fantastic image!

13 Sep 2008 9:20am

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

A alien!!! Fantastic!!!

13 Sep 2008 9:40am

Kylie Greenan from Richmond, Australia

OMG, I have never seen anything like it, this is fascinating! What a wonderful capture, well done!

13 Sep 2008 11:46am

Charles from New York, United States

Great shot. I've never seen anything like that before...thanks for sharing.

13 Sep 2008 12:01pm

Rebel Streetshooter from New York City, United States

Is it Belly-Up? Hope so. Vivid colorations.

13 Sep 2008 12:41pm

bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada

wow...amazing creature and fantastic macro!

13 Sep 2008 1:19pm

Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom

what a fierce-looking beast for one so small !!

13 Sep 2008 2:45pm

Judy from Brooksville-Florida,, United States

Wow, Tracey .... your son has sarp eyes - next thing you know, he'll want his own camera!!!

13 Sep 2008 3:31pm

Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States

Great shot. For some reason, it looks like something to not ever touch. It's an interesting view nevertheless.

13 Sep 2008 4:06pm

Jrask from Pasadena, United States

whoa, what the heck is this thing?!

13 Sep 2008 4:22pm

Marion from Nanaimo, BC, Canada

I have never seen one of this very colorful scary caterpillers before. Checked out all of the other pictures of him on your site. very cool picture. I agree with VF, don't touch!!

13 Sep 2008 5:38pm

Graham Russon from Cape Town, South Africa

That is an incredible picture of an interesting creature. The dof is fantastic.

13 Sep 2008 7:42pm

Ron from Saint Louis, United States

Very cool ... looks like a couple of martini olives in the background!

13 Sep 2008 8:19pm

Isao from isère, France

Etrange specimen, bien pris, j'aime !!!

Strange specimen, well taken, I like !!!

13 Sep 2008 8:44pm

MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany

What an impressive critter! Don't mess with this guy! :-)

14 Sep 2008 12:24am

Brian from Seattle, United States

I dont like insects but that is certainly a very COOL photo, very well shot.

14 Sep 2008 8:42am

dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United States

oh wow! just stunning! such detail and color! awesome!

16 Sep 2008 6:07am

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