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A small friend
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A small friend
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Re: A small friend
Cute, but way too young for a crew cut IMHO.
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Re: A small friend
Possibly a bit more about caterpillars than you wanted to know can be found here. Careful, all of these are stingers.
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Re: A small friend
Here's one I photographed earlier (in 2011). I think it's a garden tiger moth caterpillar.
Ken
edited to correct a typo (thanks Rudi)
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edited to correct a typo (thanks Rudi)
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Re: A small friend
Here's my family and I earlier (in 2006). I think this one is a monster caterpillar?
Ken, 20111 is not earlier, but VERY MUCH later...
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Re: A small friend
Rudi wrote: Ken, 20111 is not earlier, but VERY MUCH later...
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Re: A small friend
Oooo don't let stuckling1 see this picture. If he'd got that close to a monster machine like that at the age your child looks to be in the photo he'd have been blown away.Rudi wrote:...a monster caterpillar...
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Re: A small friend
My son was quite blown away too. We had to drag him away from that truck and not even ice cream would suffice!
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Re: A small friend
I feel your painRudi wrote:...not even ice cream would suffice!
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Re: A small friend
Those are some nasty looking caterpillars, Bob. I didn't notice any locations for them? The worst we have here are probably the Gypsy Moth Caterpillars. They don't sting but if handled too much can give you a very irritating , itchy rash. They also wipe out Oak and some Pines, leaving a winter like leafless tree that doesn't always survive.BobH wrote:Possibly a bit more about caterpillars than you wanted to know can be found here. Careful, all of these are stingers.
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Re: A small friend
We've got lost of different caterpillars down under. These, while not actually caterpillars, move in unison when they sense danger, forming wave-like movement which makes the entire colony look like a single living entity, far too big for lunch for a single bird.
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Re: A small friend
Is it my imagination, or is this a dump truck?Rudi wrote:Here's my family and I earlier (in 2006). I think this one is a monster caterpillar?
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Re: A small friend
Not quite Chris; its a MONSTER dump truck.ChrisGreaves wrote:Is it my imagination, or is this a dump truck?Rudi wrote:Here's my family and I earlier (in 2006). I think this one is a monster caterpillar?
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Re: A small friend
The Crowned Slug was said to be found from Massachusetts to Florida. Another (whose name I could not locate), IIRC, is found from Maine to Florida. Texas seems to have a lot of them but they have to compete with Texas-sized mosquitoes, fire ants, chiggers, ticks, 6 kinds of poisonous snakes, two kinds of poisonous spiders, tarantulas, and armadillos to visit their worst upon us.viking33 wrote:Those are some nasty looking caterpillars, Bob. I didn't notice any locations for them? The worst we have here are probably the Gypsy Moth Caterpillars. They don't sting but if handled too much can give you a very irritating , itchy rash. They also wipe out Oak and some Pines, leaving a winter like leafless tree that doesn't always survive.BobH wrote:Possibly a bit more about caterpillars than you wanted to know can be found here. Careful, all of these are stingers.
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