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Sawfly Larva and Hexi
Published: 2009-07-25 18:21:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 22882; Favourites: 1627; Downloads: 0
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Not a caterpillar...but a larva of the Elm Sawfly. This variety is North America's largest....with a gorgeous blue stripe running down the back with small matching blue dots along both sides of it's body.The adult will be a blackish/purple creature, often mistaken as wasps or even bees.
Although I'm not a sawfly fan, these larva are just amazing in their specteral beauty.
This one is curled up on the underside of a Hexigonal-pored Polypore fungus.
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The lighting makes it look so "brand new" like a newborn baby. It's actually...honestly...kinda cute. I almost wanna wrap it up in a leaf and sing it a lullaby.
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Hi, your picture appears as favourite in my journal.
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makes me think of Upper in ang the last air bender
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...i know, it isn't a caterpillar, but it looks like
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Awesome! That's really a beautiful larvae! ans what a gorgeous combination with that mushroom! Congrats on the DD, much deserved!
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thanx a TON! I had the fungi on hand when we found this little beauty. amazing to know it's a fly. it was just an incredible looking insect
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thanx! i'm glad he cooperated with me
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WOW! Absolutely incredible shot! I love how you even FOUND something like this! Great job
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a true surprise! it was AWESOME! i still don't think i got enuf photos (i took over 100) lol
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I do the same thing! I end up each day I take out my camera with hundreds of photos of just a few things lol
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lol...guilty as charged!
people hate hiking with me because i can take 50 shots of one item to 'study' it...then stop 5 feet further away..and start all over. what SHOULD have been a 1/2 hour hike turns into 3 hours for me because of all the shots i take.
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YES! I go hiking all the time with my best friend and I probably slow us down so much because I take a picture of everything, but she's used to it by now
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i've a fellow 'myco-phile' who i hike often with...who i think is as slow as me? if not more so...soooo i don't feel THAT bad when he's around
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isn't that just an amazing looking maggot? i'm still in awe of how beautiful it looked only to turn into a black fly!
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it`s really amazing, camera is tool and help
for better seeing
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alice in wonderland
thatΒ΄s what I thought, when I saw it.
is this for real?
it is so beautiful.
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Definately real. It's a large maggot rather then a caterpillar though. 
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very welcome
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lol...I agree! it was so irresistable to want to pet it.
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You can pet them right? No poison? I pet the caterpillars when I find any. They are becoming rare DX
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These are actually the larva of a huge fly...so no poison or venom. They curl like this in defense...then when they think it's 'safe'...they uncurl and RUN! lol We've snow on the ground but my son STILL found a caterpillar yesterday!
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He's so lucky XD. we don't see much butterflies and dragonflies anymore. *sigh* I miss my elementary days
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i think i 'see' more now then i did as a child....more because i think? I appreciate and love them IMMENSELY where as before? i just 'liked' them...lol
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Who knew larvae could be so pretty?
A lovely capture, and I like that you included that background - is that some kind of mushroom or fungus?
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i have to agree...i'm not big on 'maggots' but this fellow was awesome.
it's actually on top of the underside of a Hexigonal Pored Polypore. an non-stemmed fungi.
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It's pretty fascinating to see what nature has designed even on such a small scale.
And yes, I reread your description and spotted that in there 
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lol..no problem.
and YES...Nature is incredible with all her designs! if you ever get a chance...check out more of the macro lives out there...their details can be even more amazing then what is seen with the naked eye
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most beautiful larva i have ever seen
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lol..thanx. i liked his little beady eyes too
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A well deserved daily deviation. Beautiful picture!
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thanx! surprising what a bug can look like sometimes huh?
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It needs a hookah.
That out of the way, it's awesome.
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lol..we try to stay away from those kind of things...lol
and thanx!
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The colors are fantastic in this photo. I love when a photographer decides to show us the smaller world we often do not pay any attention to.
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we just walk by that little tiny world without even noticing it! and with my eyesite getting worse...i just get more and more frustrated at what i'm missing still....
thanx for the comment!
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