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Wonderfully Colorful Caterpillars Photographed by Samuel Jaffe

May 21, 2024 Animals

The star of one of nature’s most incredible transformations, the caterpillar is a fascinating creature. The larval stage of the Lepidoptera creature, caterpillars have nearly 180,000 known species. This means that caterpillars take all manner of shapes, sizes, colors, and patterns.

Photographer Samuel Jaffe shows us the diversity of these species with his series of images that feel museum-like in quality and clarity.

Images © Copyright Samuel Jaffe. Via Colossal:

“Jaffe has cataloged dozens of caterpillars in different settings, each with a blackened background to highlight their unique textures, colors, and patterns.

Caterpillars dangle off branches, clutch onto leaves, and even play on grapevines within his photographs.

Catching his subjects at specific moments, Jaffe gives each a little pop of personality, showcasing their playfulness when left alone in nature.”

-Colossal

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Vladimir Stankovic’s Butterflies Take Flight

April 4, 2017 Animals

We’ve written about Vladimir Stankovic before, he has a wonderful color palette and a sense of history in his artwork. He also has a liking for butterflies, a theme that has come up in his art many times before. Some of his latest work shows a caterpillar and the subsequent butterfly, in beautiful, animated GIF form. The butterflies are showcased in classic latin-named format, like they came from a 19th century encyclopedia page, but beautifully brought alive. The butterflies pulse and shine with spots of color and light. Really lovely and whimsical work.

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Becoming Butterflies

May 17, 2013 Animals

There’s nothing quite like seeing a butterfly emerge from a chrysalis. It’s pretty magical. Now, scientists have given us a look inside a cocoon, to see how caterpillars transform, thanks to 3D scans. Via National Geographic:

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Wonderfully Colorful Caterpillars Photographed by Samuel Jaffe

“Jaffe has cataloged dozens of caterpillars in different settings, each with a blackened background to highlight their unique textures, colors, and patterns.

Caterpillars dangle off branches, clutch onto leaves, and even play on grapevines within his photographs.

Catching his subjects at specific moments, Jaffe gives each a little pop of personality, showcasing their playfulness when left alone in nature.”

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“Jaffe has cataloged dozens of caterpillars in different settings, each with a blackened background to highlight their unique textures, colors, and patterns.

Caterpillars dangle off branches, clutch onto leaves, and even play on grapevines within his photographs.

Catching his subjects at specific moments, Jaffe gives each a little pop of personality, showcasing their playfulness when left alone in nature.”

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