Wollybear Crunches
As the weather gets colder, the woolybears have a harder and harder time staying mobile. This one was inching along nearly frozen and literally got blown over by a breeze while I was bending down to take its picture. This picture clearly shows the lens shadow and overexposure problems of using the flash at point-blank range.
A lot of times a picture will be of only moderate interest to me when I take it or review it on the tiny screen on the back of the camera, but fascinating detail will emerge when I view it on my computer screen, and this one was a perfect example. First, notice the almost suckerlike feet on the caterpillar. They look like they can flex somewhat to pinch and squeeze grasses and branches for climbing. And the second thing? Lookit that adorable little nekkid tummy! How cute is that?!?
Moved InsectPOD to a new server last week due to some performance problems; new server much worse. Apologies. Will fix. Stay tuned.
Athena said,
October 21, 2007 @ 1:56 pm
Haha. The first thing I noticed was the feet. That’s really interesting.