Friday, August 6, 2010

Macro Friday







Well, here we are again at the end of another week. I don't know what excitement the weekend holds for us, but I'm looking forward to it. Any day with Batman home is a good day! Speaking of Batman, here is my entry for Macro Friday:


Looks a bit like the more famous Batman to me. Anyone know what it is?


Here's another view.


And here's a big hint.


And another hint.

Many thanks to Laura from Blogging from Bolivia for getting all of our collective creative juices flowing!

Have a great weekend, everyone!

-Susan

Okay, here's the answer to my little question above:
It's a chrysalis (cocoon) of a black swallow-tail butterfly and caterpillars of the same. They love to eat dill and my friend with the pool had about 40 caterpillars on her dill. They killed her dill, but she and her granddaughter have enjoyed watching the butterfly action!

13 comments:

  1. Amazing, simply amazing! Where did you find it?

    I'm guessing a catapillar, but is that too generic???

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  2. Very cool shot. I'm guessing a cocoon for a monarch butterfly.

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  3. such a wonderful find and I love your photos of it.

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  4. Well, you're both almost right. It's a chrysalis (cocoon) of a black swallow-tail butterfly and caterpillars of the same. They love to eat dill and my friend with the pool had about 40 caterpillars on her dill. They killed her dill, but she and her granddaughter have enjoyed watching the butterfly action!
    Thanks! :-)

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  5. That second shot is quite incredible. I'm your newest follower as well. Looking forward to seeing more.

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  6. Wow! I don't know what it is, but it quite incredible. Nice shot!

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  7. love to see interesting creatures! thanks!

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  8. Seriously, how do you find this stuff??? I could walk around all day and not find a single grasshopper. {SIGH} AWESOME shots, Susan!

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  9. I agree with Courtney--I could walk around all day and never see a caterpiller! I'd love to take a picture of a really cool chrysalis!

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  10. Courtney & Jamie, you couldn't do that in my yard! I'm always almost tripping over something- frog, toad, butterfly, dragonfly, lizard, skink, spider, ant, caterpillar, snake. And that's all in the last week!

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  11. WEll done!! I love the 2nd shot! You have amazing work. SO glad for Macro Friday, so that I found your blog!

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  12. So very cool! We have nearly no butterflies where we are.... it is so sad! What an amazing cocoon!

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  13. Great series of photos!! I love it! I love the clearness, the colors, and the beautiful bokeh :)

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