Monday, June 2, 2008

Megapillar



ToffeeBoy, here's an Elephant Hawk Moth caterpillar as discovered in her Derby garden by my daughter Abigail! Why it thinks we'll think it's an elephant is a bit of a puzzle.
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4 comments:

ToffeeBoy said...

tfd - that is one of the strangest pictures I've ever seen in my life! How big is it? It looks like it's about 3 feet long! All I can say is if that's the sort of critters you have in Derby, I'll stick to the soft south. ;-)

Thanks for posting it!

June 2, 2008 at 7:33 PM
treefrogdemon said...

Well, you can tell a bit from my daughter's fingers...I think it's about 5 inches long, less when it's not puffed up.

June 2, 2008 at 7:42 PM
ejaydee said...

At first I thought those two spots on the top of the lump were his eyes, it almost looks like a cartoon figure. Actually I'm going to keep pretending that the lump is his head.

June 2, 2008 at 7:52 PM
Proudfoot said...

To my 4 year old son, being called an Emperor Gum Moth Caterpillar is the biggest insult ever. Here's why:

http://en.wikivisual.com/index.php/Caterpillar

June 5, 2008 at 5:56 PM

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