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Black Caterpillar with Red Spots - Nymphalis antiopa

Black Caterpillar with Red Spots - Nymphalis antiopa
47.63058N 52.68762W (WGS84), Logy Bay, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
August 8, 2009
Size: 45 mm long
Found crawling on our concrete driveway mid-afternoon. It crawled on to a white sheet of paper for the photos. The torn edge of the paper can be seen in the closeup of one of the caterpillar's legs. This image may look like it has been over-sharpened but it actually has almost no sharpening. This is just the way the caterpillar looked. The high contrast between the black body and the tiny white dots, is what causes this over-sharpened look to the image.

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