Monarch caterpillar

[alessia55]

Great pics! Thanks for sharing. I don't actually think I've ever seen a caterpillar in the wild. Where did you find this one? In what state?

[youngster]

Originally Posted by alessia55

I don't actually think I've ever seen a caterpillar in the wild

Whaaaa....?
You've never seen a caterpillar?
That's insane, I see several a day on good days.

[alessia55]

Originally Posted by youngster

Whaaaa....?
You've never seen a caterpillar?
That's insane, I see several a day on good days.

... I'm actually glad I don't... Butterflies/moths/dragonflies are my one and only true fear

Edit: When I was younger my parents decided to take me to a butterfly farm exhibition thing at a museum to "prove I was just being silly".... I fainted and had to be carried out by the security guy Ever since, I was given permission to always do PE in highschool indoors to avoid panicking in a field of dragonflies

[fishman10]

Originally Posted by alessia55

Great pics! Thanks for sharing. I don't actually think I've ever seen a caterpillar in the wild. Where did you find this one? In what state?

This was photographed in Austin Texas at the Zilker Botanical Gardens. But they can be found all over.