Found this small creature when I was walking with my dog in the woods the other day. It is the Lymantria dispar, caterpillar that will eventually turn into a moth. The creature in the caterpillar stage usually feasts on the saplings and young sprouts. As it turns into a moth, it drinks in the moisture and lives for about a week. Life cycle of a butterfly/moth in this case, is really unusual. I watched some time lapse videos of the butterfly metamorphosis on YouTube, and never really understood how the fuck do they create the wings.
Shot with Canon EOS 70D, exposure time: 1/60 sec., ISO - 400.
Cheers,
VoodooLizard