Comments on: What’s my caterpillar? http://www.thedeppeffect.com/395/whats-my-caterpillar/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:30:20 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jay http://www.thedeppeffect.com/395/whats-my-caterpillar/comment-page-1/#comment-2014 Jay Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:38:36 +0000 http://www.thedeppeffect.com/395/whats-my-caterpillar/#comment-2014 <b>Daphne</b> - One of my earliest memories of my time in Tiptree is lunch break at the little village school. They had a big grass playing field bordered by a hawthorne hedge and this hedge was positively alive that summer with the most beautiful caterpillars. Everyone was collecting them in tins and jars and watching them for the afternoon, and then reluctantly releasing them at the urging of the mothers who came to collect their children from school. These caterpillars were dark brown/black, with orange, white and teal blue - and they were hairy. It must have been an excellent year for the Lackey moth! Click <a href="http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=2893" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a> for a pic of one of these caterpillars. Daphne – One of my earliest memories of my time in Tiptree is lunch break at the little village school. They had a big grass playing field bordered by a hawthorne hedge and this hedge was positively alive that summer with the most beautiful caterpillars. Everyone was collecting them in tins and jars and watching them for the afternoon, and then reluctantly releasing them at the urging of the mothers who came to collect their children from school.

These caterpillars were dark brown/black, with orange, white and teal blue – and they were hairy. It must have been an excellent year for the Lackey moth!

Click here for a pic of one of these caterpillars.

]]> By: Daphne http://www.thedeppeffect.com/395/whats-my-caterpillar/comment-page-1/#comment-1989 Daphne Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:24:57 +0000 http://www.thedeppeffect.com/395/whats-my-caterpillar/#comment-1989 Great photo - I have always liked caterpillars and spent a lot of my childhood helping them to grow. Daphnes last blog post..<a href="http://mydadsacommunist.blogspot.com/2008/08/eleven-plus.html" rel="nofollow">Eleven Plus</a> Great photo – I have always liked caterpillars and spent a lot of my childhood helping them to grow.

Daphnes last blog post..Eleven Plus

]]> By: Jay http://www.thedeppeffect.com/395/whats-my-caterpillar/comment-page-1/#comment-1985 Jay Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:39:23 +0000 http://www.thedeppeffect.com/395/whats-my-caterpillar/#comment-1985 <b>Sandi</b> - He is cute, isn't he? I'm giving them fresh leaves each day - they seem to like lettuce and dandelion leaves best - and there's plenty of moisture in the jar. Hopefully they'll do well now they're a good size! I think they're moth caterpillars, but I will keep you posted, for sure. Hopefully there'll be pics of chrysalises before too long! Sandi – He is cute, isn’t he?

I’m giving them fresh leaves each day – they seem to like lettuce and dandelion leaves best – and there’s plenty of moisture in the jar. Hopefully they’ll do well now they’re a good size!

I think they’re moth caterpillars, but I will keep you posted, for sure. Hopefully there’ll be pics of chrysalises before too long!

]]> By: Sandi McBride http://www.thedeppeffect.com/395/whats-my-caterpillar/comment-page-1/#comment-1983 Sandi McBride Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:42:06 +0000 http://www.thedeppeffect.com/395/whats-my-caterpillar/#comment-1983 I admire you for this! I love them, aren't they cute...are they going to be butterflies? Will you keep on feeding them, give them some sunshine now...wet a leaf or two in case they need a drink...and keep us posted! Sandi Sandi McBrides last blog post..<a href="http://sandimcbride.blogspot.com/2008/08/rain-barrels.html" rel="nofollow">The Rain Barrels</a> I admire you for this! I love them, aren’t they cute…are they going to be butterflies? Will you keep on feeding them, give them some sunshine now…wet a leaf or two in case they need a drink…and keep us posted!
Sandi

Sandi McBrides last blog post..The Rain Barrels

]]> By: Jay http://www.thedeppeffect.com/395/whats-my-caterpillar/comment-page-1/#comment-1981 Jay Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:58:29 +0000 http://www.thedeppeffect.com/395/whats-my-caterpillar/#comment-1981 <b>Petra</b> - No, I'm not a scientist, just an interested amateur. My father was an entomologist though, so I grew up being taken on nature field trips. Yes, I agree, we should all retain a certain child-like wonder and curiosity. <b>Valerie</b> - LOL! Well, I understand. There are things I can't stand which others love. Sushi, for example, scares me - but that's because I'm allergic to fish. <b>Geri Atric</b> - Now, there's a thought! ROFL! No, I wouldn't choose a mirror, and I wouldn't hand them over to Dad, either. I'm rather taken with the idea that she chose me, though. ;) <b>Bob</b> - You're welcome - funny what we forget until the old grey matter is jiggled a bit, isn't it? I'm happy to be the insect woman, if that's your fancy. I draw the line at a beetle costume though! Petra – No, I’m not a scientist, just an interested amateur. My father was an entomologist though, so I grew up being taken on nature field trips. Yes, I agree, we should all retain a certain child-like wonder and curiosity.

Valerie – LOL! Well, I understand. There are things I can’t stand which others love. Sushi, for example, scares me – but that’s because I’m allergic to fish.

Geri Atric – Now, there’s a thought! ROFL!

No, I wouldn’t choose a mirror, and I wouldn’t hand them over to Dad, either. I’m rather taken with the idea that she chose me, though. ;)

Bob – You’re welcome – funny what we forget until the old grey matter is jiggled a bit, isn’t it?

I’m happy to be the insect woman, if that’s your fancy. I draw the line at a beetle costume though!

]]> By: rhymeswithplague http://www.thedeppeffect.com/395/whats-my-caterpillar/comment-page-1/#comment-1979 rhymeswithplague Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:55:42 +0000 http://www.thedeppeffect.com/395/whats-my-caterpillar/#comment-1979 Ah, yes, it all came back to me once you laid out the details. Six legs, I remember. Arthropod, I remember. Exoskeleton, I remember. Thanks for the memory jog! It was "caterpillars are the larvae of insects" that I didn't remember at all. How odd. So, then, The Insect Woman you are. rhymeswithplagues last blog post..<a href="http://rhymeswithplague.blogspot.com/2008/08/now-that-olympics-are-over.html" rel="nofollow">Now that the Olympics are over</a> Ah, yes, it all came back to me once you laid out the details. Six legs, I remember. Arthropod, I remember. Exoskeleton, I remember. Thanks for the memory jog! It was “caterpillars are the larvae of insects” that I didn’t remember at all. How odd.

So, then, The Insect Woman you are.

rhymeswithplagues last blog post..Now that the Olympics are over

]]> By: Geri Atric http://www.thedeppeffect.com/395/whats-my-caterpillar/comment-page-1/#comment-1977 Geri Atric Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:40:01 +0000 http://www.thedeppeffect.com/395/whats-my-caterpillar/#comment-1977 'I’m a new Mum again!! Luckily I didn’t have to actually give birth to them. LOL!' EEOOUUWW, Jay! But if you had, would you have chosen a mirror as a maternity bed? Perhaps the mama butterfly saw her reflection and thought she was handing them over to papa? Well whatever she was thinking she chose well because you've done a grand job as surrogate mama! On the other hand, perhaps that's what she was thinking... Oh no, now that's silly. ‘I’m a new Mum again!! Luckily I didn’t have to actually give birth to them. LOL!’

EEOOUUWW, Jay! But if you had, would you have chosen a mirror as a maternity bed? Perhaps the mama butterfly saw her reflection and thought she was handing them over to papa? Well whatever she was thinking she chose well because you’ve done a grand job as surrogate mama!
On the other hand, perhaps that’s what she was thinking… Oh no, now that’s silly.

]]> By: Natural http://www.thedeppeffect.com/395/whats-my-caterpillar/comment-page-1/#comment-1972 Natural Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:24:34 +0000 http://www.thedeppeffect.com/395/whats-my-caterpillar/#comment-1972 great picture, but i'm still scared. ;) great picture, but i’m still scared. ;)

]]> By: petra michelle http://www.thedeppeffect.com/395/whats-my-caterpillar/comment-page-1/#comment-1971 petra michelle Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:41:42 +0000 http://www.thedeppeffect.com/395/whats-my-caterpillar/#comment-1971 To quote Frederico Fellini, "Never lose your childish innocence. It's the most important thing." Children by nature are naturalists. We have so much to learn form them. Are you in the sciences by profession, Jay, or a naturalist at heart! Keep up the good work because without our insects... petra michelles last blog post..<a href="http://whoseroleisitanyway.blogspot.com/2008/08/z-is-for-zorro.html" rel="nofollow">Z is for Zorro?</a> To quote Frederico Fellini, “Never lose your childish innocence. It’s the most important thing.” Children by nature are naturalists. We have so much to learn form them. Are you in the sciences by profession, Jay, or a
naturalist at heart! Keep up the good work because without our insects…

petra michelles last blog post..Z is for Zorro?

]]> By: Jay http://www.thedeppeffect.com/395/whats-my-caterpillar/comment-page-1/#comment-1969 Jay Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:21:39 +0000 http://www.thedeppeffect.com/395/whats-my-caterpillar/#comment-1969 <b>Jeni</b> - See? Peas in a pod, luv. ;) <b>Geri Atric</b> - I'm a new Mum again!! Luckily I didn't have to actually give birth to them. LOL! <b>Baino</b> - It's good to be a child, right? Right?? It's fun anyway, so I'm gonna carry on doing it! Gosh, the things my brothers brought home for school science projects. I think the dogfish being dissected over the bath was the worst ... I don't think I know a disgusted enough noise for that, and if I did I probably couldn't spell it. <b>Moon</b> - ROFL! But, then again, if you love it, set it free, right? ;) Jeni – See? Peas in a pod, luv. ;)

Geri Atric – I’m a new Mum again!! Luckily I didn’t have to actually give birth to them. LOL!

Baino – It’s good to be a child, right? Right?? It’s fun anyway, so I’m gonna carry on doing it!

Gosh, the things my brothers brought home for school science projects. I think the dogfish being dissected over the bath was the worst … I don’t think I know a disgusted enough noise for that, and if I did I probably couldn’t spell it.

Moon – ROFL! But, then again, if you love it, set it free, right? ;)

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