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Anthocharis cardamines - Caterpillar, few hours old This little bugger just wouldn&#039;t let me see it eclose ... waited for hours, looking again and again and finally had to get some sleep. Four hours later the little sh*t was laughing in my face ;o)<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/116158/anthocharis_cardamines_-_egg_about_to_burst.html" title="Anthocharis cardamines - Egg, about to burst"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3043/116158_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1681948810&Signature=ryyE%2FQO40kZPdRQ%2FHGRnajjRotY%3D" width="200" height="114" alt="Anthocharis cardamines - Egg, about to burst Two sides of the same egg. You can already recognize the little caterpillar inside, head at the top, long black hairs on the body :o)<br /> Here is the resulting caterpillar, 4 hrs after these images were taken:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/116159/anthocharis_cardamines_-_caterpillar_few_hours_old.html Anthocharis,Anthocharis cardamines,Egg,Eggs,Jane&#039;s garden,Orange tip,Pieridae,nl: Oranjetipje" /></a></figure> Anthocharis,Anthocharis cardamines,Caterpillar,Jane's garden,Orange tip,Pieridae,nl: Oranjetipje Click/tap to enlarge

Anthocharis cardamines - Caterpillar, few hours old

This little bugger just wouldn't let me see it eclose ... waited for hours, looking again and again and finally had to get some sleep. Four hours later the little sh*t was laughing in my face ;o)

Anthocharis cardamines - Egg, about to burst Two sides of the same egg. You can already recognize the little caterpillar inside, head at the top, long black hairs on the body :o)<br /> Here is the resulting caterpillar, 4 hrs after these images were taken:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/116159/anthocharis_cardamines_-_caterpillar_few_hours_old.html Anthocharis,Anthocharis cardamines,Egg,Eggs,Jane's garden,Orange tip,Pieridae,nl: Oranjetipje

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  1. View Christine Young's profile
    Christine Young
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    What a little brat. I have been in the same situation many times ;P. Posted one year ago
    1. View Pudding4brains's profile
      Pudding4brains
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      Yeah ... darn youngsters nowadays ... no respect ... I 'member when I was young ...blablababbelbla Posted one year ago
      1. View Christine Young's profile
        Christine Young
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        Hehe...I think they wait for us to walk away. A couple years ago I sat vigilantly by a monarch chrysalis, especially when it looked about to emerge. I literally got up for a short walk, came back, and the stinker was completely eclosed. Posted one year ago

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The Orange tip

The orange tip is a butterfly in the family Pieridae.

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