October 2, 2011 | Twelvestones, Roswell, GA, USA
Despite appearances, I promise this is not an underwater shot of some strange anemone. I brought this critter home from a recent walk in the park.
This could be a difficult challenge. Nonetheless, I bet someone will be able to identify the species shown here. To give you some sense of scale, I had my 65mm macro lens maxed out at 5x for this shot.
I asked around, two friends of mine believe that it’s a leg of some kinda moth larva ~ but still a wild guess 🙂
Your friends were right, so not such a wild guess after all!
Maybe a Yellow Bear (Spilosoma virginica)?
It is indeed a caterpillar, but not that one. Good guess though!