In the garden

[Yorkie]

Hi All,

Got out in the garden today and caught these two.







The humble sprout with some water caught.





Can anyone identify this beast?

Thanks for looking,

[Jezzer]

Re: In the garden

Hi Adrian,
Lovely shots - especially like No 3 - great reflections and colours in the water.
Sorry no idea on the caterpillar but looks really colourful - I'll be interested to find out what it is - and hope to find one to take some shots of.
Nice work.

Regards

[Cathrine Stephansen]

Re: In the garden

OMG, that last thing looks like a crossbreed between a shaving brush and something I saw at Crufts in March.

[Falk]

Re: In the garden

The carterpillar will be Orgyia antiqua - it's quite dark colored though. I don't know it's English name, but a web-search will get you there. I started a thread on one of these a few weeks ago, look here for comparison.

I like the droplet.

[Yorkie]

Re: In the garden

Many thanks for the comments.

Falk, thanks for the identification: I am surprised just how different the two examples are. Mine defiantly look like badger hair shaving brushes while yours has more in the way of yellow plumes.

[David Morison]

Re: In the garden

The English is Vapourer moth and I wonder if the image is underexposed due to the white background.

See:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgyia_antiqua


David