Title

Tiny hatched caterpillar of the swallowtail

Caption

Tiny hatched caterpillar of the swallowtail (Papilio machaon) is the first to eat the egg case after hatching, Valais, Switzerland, Europe

Date

Jun 04, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Guenter Fischer

Reference

BRK23G67_195

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40,6Mb (590,7Kb) / 15,8in x 10,0in / 4729 x 2998 (300dpi)

Keywords

Butterflies Butterfly Canton Valais Canton of Valais Common yellow swallowtail Insect Insecta Insects Lepidoptera Lepidopteran No People Old World swallowtail Papilio machaon Papilionidae Swallowtail Swallowtail butterflies Swallowtail butterfly Swallowtails Switzerland Valais animal animals butterfly caterpillar caterpillar caterpillars deserted development developments diurnal butterflies diurnal butterfly emerges empty growth habitat hatch hatched hatching ingestion larva larvae little metamorphoses metamorphosis natural environment natural environments natural habitat no one nobody small tiny uninhabited wildlife photography animal feed animal feeds eat fauna feed feeding fodder food wildlife