Igor Siwanowicz's Sensational Photography Skills Has Captured These Caterpillars In An Exceptionally Beautiful Way

These extraordinary photos of caterpillars from Igor's collection will leave you in awe.

Elisha

• Published in Animal Stories
• October 31, 2021

Igor Siwanowicz is a scientist and photographer, a funny combination, right? He has grown famous over the years for his stellar documentation on different animals and insects in their natural world. He grabs your attention by bringing you closer to nature, allowing you to see it in ways you probably could never have imagined.

In his long years of photography – for over 10 years, he has always delivered awesome and eye-catching photos. He constantly shares his visually attractive work on the internet to feed our eyes, he has a collection of over 1600 photos that can be found on photo.net.

Among his numerous works, the ones about insects have proved to be the most attention-grabbing of them all. Some of them are so generally pleasing that they have become popular on the internet, it's most likely you have seen them here or there at a point in time.

Well, today, what you'll be seeing is a really special collection of his artistic and highly intellectual work – they're pretty unusual and may seem unnatural at first, nonetheless, they are caterpillars. You've probably had this hunch that caterpillars looked different, having this odd, ethereal and otherworldly appearance.

Igor's photos of these caterpillars will leave you stunned, it's not what you expected at all. From colourful plump green bodies and near transparent outer layers, to feathery red spikes and long black whiskers, to curling dark horns and uncanny features, you've got to take a peak at these amazing creatures!

1. Hag Moth Caterpillar

What do these Lepidopteran larvae do other than eat? Nothing, lol, imagine having nothing else to do but eat. Well, they've got to consume enough if they're going to pass through their pupa stage and into adulthood.

2. Ooooh, Halloween Moth

3. ...Curly Horns?

4. Patterned Colourful Caterpillar

5. Swallowtail Caterpillar

You can easily identify a swallowtail caterpillar by its smelly osmeterium which acts as some sort of stink bomb. This special defensive mechanism comprises a stink gland located just behind the head and used toward of predators.

6. Saddleback Caterpillar

7. Tussock Caterpillar

8. Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar

A spicebush swallowtail caterpillar displays its large eyespots in a bid to prevent being eaten by birds.

9. Cecropia Caterpillar

Do you know that the first meal a caterpillar has is its eggshell? Interestingly, when a caterpillar hatches from its egg, it consumes the chorion, which is the outer layer of the shell. The chorion is quite rich in protein and gives the larva the required head start

10. Polyphemus Moth Caterpillar

11. Oak Slug Caterpillar

12. Promethea Moth Caterpillar

13. Skiff Moth Caterpillar

14. Saturnia Pyri - Emperor Moth Caterpillar

15. Ohm

16. Slug Moth Caterpillar

17. Getting Larger By The Minute - Hyles

18. Larva Thingy

19. A Bit Too Much Lipstick...

20. Popular Hawk Moth Caterpillar

21. Such Cute Eyes...

A caterpillar eventually transforms into a beautiful butterfly, and you have most never imagined them to be this stunning. Well all thanks to Igor's photography skills, you can view them in all their glory and in different shades, sizes, and colors.

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Elisha