Caterpillars and larvae

Scarlet Tiger Moth caterpillar eating a blue honeysuckle leaf in my garden.

Scarlet Tiger Moth caterpillar eating a blue honeysuckle leaf in my garden.

A swallowtail caterpillar eating a lovage stem in my garden.

Purple Tiger caterpellar on burnet.

A female hymenoptera of the family Ichneumonidae (Tryphoninae) lays and deposits her eggs on a larva of hymenoptera of the family of sawflies, a lesser willow sawfly (Nematus pavidus) on a goat willow in a wet meadow.

A swallowtail caterpillar on an umbellifera stem in a calcareous wasteland. Diois, France.

A Swallowtail caterpillar eating a leaf of wild angelica along a stream. Limousin, France.

A Swallowtail caterpillar sleeping on a carrot wilts in my greenhouse.

A Swallowtail caterpillar sleeping on a carrot wilts in my greenhouse.

A Swallowtail caterpillar sleeping on a carrot wilts in my greenhouse.

Caterpillars of Large Tortoiseshell eating goat willow leaves in a wet meadow.

Caterpillars of Large Tortoiseshell eating goat willow leaves in a wet meadow.

A caterpillar of Large Tortoiseshell eating a goat willow leaf in a wet meadow.

A caterpillar of Lackey moth eating a blade of grass near a forest. Limousin, France.

A caterpillar of Lackey moth eating a blade of grass near a forest. Limousin, France.

A caterpillar of Lackey moth eating a blade of grass near a forest. Limousin, France.

Caterpillar of Mottled Umber, a moth, eating a oak leaf. Lot, France.

Caterpillar of Blossom Underwing resting on a dog-rose flower. Lot, France.

Caterpillar of Blossom Underwing resting on a dog-rose flower. Lot, France.

Red Admiral caterpillar hanging from a nettle leaf just before pupation.

Red Admiral caterpillar hanging from a nettle leaf just before pupation.

Young caterpillars of Small Emperor Moth eating a leaf of oak. Drôme, France.

Buff-tip caterpillar found in my garden.

Buff-tip caterpillar found in my garden.

Buff-tip caterpillar found in my garden.

A caterpillar of Lime Hawk-moth fell from its host tree. After a little photo shoot on a mullein leave, I gave it at the foot of lime.

Lackey caterpillar resting on an oak leaf. Lot, France.

Lackey caterpillar resting on an oak leaf. Lot, France.

Oak Eggar Caterpillar strolling through the undergrowth at the edge a logging road. Vercors, France.

Cimbicid sawfly larvae eating a zucchini leaf in my garden.