Portrait of Woolly Bully
by Gary Holmes
Title
Portrait of Woolly Bully
Artist
Gary Holmes
Medium
Photograph
Description
This Giant leopard moth (Hypercompe scribonia) caterpillar, is a fuzzy black caterpillar with red stripes. It resembles the better known black and brown "wooly worm" or "wooly bear" caterpillar (also called woolly worm or woolly bear) that typically resides farther north. "Woolly Bully" has been our house guest for the past 5 weeks, protected from predators as it happily forages on daily fresh leaves from our angel trumpet plant. This seems to be about the only species of leaf that our specimen will regularly eat. It has molted once since we brought it inside, and appears ready to do so again. It has done very well in captivity and we hope to keep it until it forms its coccoon later in the fall. The adult moth is actually quite beautiful for a moth, so we look forward to seeing it emerge in the spring.
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Gary Holmes, photographer: I am an opportunist photographer of nature, landscapes, abstract, and other found objects of interest. I prefer to capture the spontaneity of things and events as they are occurring, and rarely photograph staged subjects other than portraits. Although I have been a photographer for decades, I have only started posting them for others to see since about September 2012. Although I will continue to post on 500px, I have begun to focus upon my site (gary-holmes.artistwebsites.com) on Fine Art America, which offers a wider range of printing and mounting options not currently available on 500px. As a result, I have successfully sold several of my works. As time permits, I will continue to steadily post more of my best works on 500px and/or FAA every week. Please revisit my sites periodically.
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August 1st, 2013
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