August 2025 Photo Information

Animal and Camera Details

August

Species shown: Swallowtail butterfly (caterpillar) (Papilio machaon)

This is the caterpillar of the Swallowtail butterfly, also called Old World swallowtail or Common yellow swallowtail. It occurs in Asia, Europe and North America.

The photo is the result of focus stacking 10 photos taken with Canon R5 and Sigma 150mm f/2.8 at f/4, 0.2s, ISO640