Today I harvested some fruits from the tree. It was a birch, so I got nor apples neither lemons -- but those fancy spectacular larvae. Happily, Google helped me to identify those caterpillars quickly: it were birch sawfly larvae, or the spotted regal sawfly.
They do love the taste of birch leaves! wht else can I say... they look so, so spectacular that I could not stop shooting them. I made 4 captures using camera and macro lens, and 33 more using my wife's smartphone. Will look forward to see what will happen with said birch a few days later... The visuals may look funny but actually they are also scary.
| Latin name | Observation date | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Nematus septentrionalis | 2026-07-29 | Gatchinskii district, Leningradskaya oblast, Russia |
| Link to original community | https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/386135640 |
|---|---|
| Latitude | Longitude |
| 59.20869820982254 | 30.39866458043826 |
Post goes for #Photofeed wildlife photography contest, Round 180
| location: | Vyritza, Russia | July 2026 | natural light |
| camera/lens: | Canon 5dm3 | Sigma 150mm | raw-conv |
| t 1/500 | f/2.8 | ISO 500 |
