Friday night we were in Allegan, MI at the fairgrounds for a horse show the next day. We'd had a good rain earlier in the afternoon which probably is what knocked this little guy to the ground. When Equestrian Girl first saw him, she didn't think it was real. So she poked him with a bare toe. And screamed when he moved. We were camped next to our friends Sheri and Dan and he was on their camp rug near our chairs.
This pic is kind of blurry but you can get a better perspective of how little this guy was. That's Dan taking a picture and Equestrian Girl's foot nearby. Right away we went about finding out what it was. Sheri posted her pic on FaceBook and I sent my picture to some horsey friends.
It wasn't long until we found out it was a Spicebush Swallowtail caterpillar. This picture was sent by a friend who was helping to identify our mystery bug.
This is what he will turn in to some day.
Hard to imagine that a bug that looks like a comic character could turn in to something so beautiful and graceful.
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I really thought that was a toy! I have never seen one before, but now I wonder how many times the "snakes" I see on trails are actually caterpillars?
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