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Post by africaone on May 28, 2015 21:45:39 GMT -8
actually around 55-60 mm
this one of the most beauty saturniidae caterpillar I ever had. Some other Epiphora are also very beautiful and colored.
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Post by compsulyx on May 28, 2015 23:48:11 GMT -8
I agree with you, stunning larvae !...just amazing what mother nature can make...
"Bonne chance" for the end of breeding.
Thierry
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Post by africaone on Jun 6, 2015 23:53:56 GMT -8
last instar larva late not far before pupating 
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2015 10:06:52 GMT -8
Those caterpillars are stunning, can you handle them or are they poisonous?
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Post by africaone on Jun 7, 2015 10:39:16 GMT -8
no poisonous, easily handlable except taht it is not good for Caterpillar to be handled.
As for many Epiphora with a kind of thin wax that makes it like shiny.
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Post by compsulyx on Jun 7, 2015 19:43:28 GMT -8
Wow, more and more stunning....  I'm surprised that larvae with such colors are not poisonous...strange...does this species looks like another one which is poisonous ?... Hope you will get many cocoons soon. Thierry |
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Post by africaone on Jun 7, 2015 21:57:46 GMT -8
I mean that handling them is not dangerous because of the spines. I don't taste them to test if there are poisonous . Yes, some carterpillars of Limacodidae have same kinds of colour bearing an arsenal of spines very poisonous (I made twice the bad experience, one time with a paralyzed hand for two weeks  ), impossible to handle them. |
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Post by africaone on Jun 7, 2015 22:08:32 GMT -8
  here a fresh cocoon |
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Post by compsulyx on Jun 8, 2015 21:29:40 GMT -8
OK, sorry for misunderstanding. Good point that you can handle them with no risk. Nice cocoon...  Your pictures are fantastic Thierry. May I ask you what sort of camera / macro objective do you use ?... Thanks for advices. Thierry |
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Post by africaone on Jun 8, 2015 21:48:21 GMT -8
OK, sorry for misunderstanding. Good point that you can handle them with no risk. Nice cocoon... Your pictures are fantastic Thierry. May I ask you what sort of camera / macro objective do you use ?... Thanks for advices. Thierry a familial canon sx280hs ...  I am suprised by what is possible with this basic camera as usually I used an EOS 700 (and before a 450) with a canon macrolens 100 or a sigma 75-210. My choice of a sx280hs was conducted by a camera able to take reasonable quality picture during travelling in Africa combining classic entomological one, travel ones and weight/place (the all Eos system is quite voluminous and heavy, not esay for travelling in bush and forest together hunting and camping). Camera evolved quite a lot these last years. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2015 15:23:14 GMT -8
I mean that handling them is not dangerous because of the spines. I don't taste them to test if there are poisonous . You don't want to taste them? Bug protein is all the rage I hear and you would be furthering science |
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Post by africaone on Jun 9, 2015 22:05:07 GMT -8
I mean that handling them is not dangerous because of the spines. I don't taste them to test if there are poisonous . You don't want to taste them? Bug protein is all the rage I hear and you would be furthering science  I ma not lover of such taste  despite in africa Caterpillar (espacially thsoe of saturnidae, are edible and very popular)  |
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Post by compsulyx on Jun 10, 2015 15:28:16 GMT -8
Thanks for tips about the camera...sometimes old equipment is working well and better than new and expensive cameras... Canon and Sony are making some good compact now, that's amazing...I saw also a new Olympus compact which is incredible and make very nice macro photos....needs to have a look on all these cameras as I need a small one for the trips/surveys. Like you, impossible to bring my old EOS450 with macro objective, etc...I have a small fuji but too old and starts to work bad now due to excess of humidity here...that's why I'm closely looking on this new Olympus LT4, which is waterproof...here under tropics, that can be really useful to get such camera... Well, now we are waiting for some other nice pics with emerged moths... Just keep in touch with us, that's a nice sp. A shame that the moth colors are not the same as those of the larvae... Thierry |
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Post by africaone on Jun 10, 2015 21:51:17 GMT -8
In my POV, the moth is quite spelendid more discrete and not so flashy colored, a kind of "pastel".
For camera another intermediate way are the "bridges". I used one from a friend during hollydays and the performance are quite spectacular with an impressive zoom with which I obtain a picture of a Cigale perching high in a tree in a Drome's village. I tried to shot it for the fun but was astonished by the result as the insect was quite impossible to detect from the soil. The weight is acceptable and the volume is not so usefull as a compact, the reason why I choosed a compact despite lesser performance.
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Post by compsulyx on Jun 10, 2015 22:01:11 GMT -8
Interesting....What is this "bridge" ?...Which model ?...Thanks
Thierry
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), impossible to handle them.
here a fresh cocoon
I ma not lover of such taste 
despite in africa Caterpillar (espacially thsoe of saturnidae, are edible and very popular) 