tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306285038402649171.post8939191206639550894..comments2024-03-21T14:08:47.185-05:00Comments on It's Not Work, It's Gardening!: A cute, fuzzy caterpillar?Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13393082652312828458noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306285038402649171.post-31896187482386589752011-06-01T20:29:52.319-05:002011-06-01T20:29:52.319-05:00I am so happy I found this bit about the black lea...I am so happy I found this bit about the black leathery looking thing with the poof on the end! When I was a little girl a friend of mine and me ran across the exact same thing inside of an old rotten tree. It bugged me for years wondering what that awful creepy thing could have been. It got to where, after 30 years I began to think I might have imagined what we found... BUT THERE IT IS!!!!! THANK YOU!!<br /><br />AngelaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306285038402649171.post-6627444581436314032011-03-29T13:03:00.737-05:002011-03-29T13:03:00.737-05:00Looks like the leftovers of a Giant Leopard Moth c...Looks like the leftovers of a Giant Leopard Moth caterpillar. It would have (or should have) turned into a proper Giant Leopard Moth. When the caterpillar turns into a pupa, they don't use their hair to make a cocoon casing, unlike the Woolly Bear. The head you see is the old caterpillar one, which is shed to make way for the new developing Moth head.JustInn014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306285038402649171.post-83870861829680251292011-02-21T06:39:07.058-06:002011-02-21T06:39:07.058-06:00Some of them are quite beautiful, and without them...Some of them are quite beautiful, and without them there would be no butterflies and moths, so I'll tolerate the caterpillars. =)Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13393082652312828458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306285038402649171.post-57904059960717310722011-02-21T03:20:33.858-06:002011-02-21T03:20:33.858-06:00I hate caterpillars especially if one look somethi...I hate caterpillars especially if one look something like yours there...really a monster and scary too!p3chandanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11103679390426867817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306285038402649171.post-73021824548718458012011-02-20T08:49:48.558-06:002011-02-20T08:49:48.558-06:00Sometimes it's best not to look too closely at...Sometimes it's best not to look too closely at garden inhabitants. I'm not going to stop doing it though. =)Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13393082652312828458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306285038402649171.post-88595994948905092572011-02-19T17:44:55.084-06:002011-02-19T17:44:55.084-06:00Caterpillar or not, that furry bit was quite scary...Caterpillar or not, that furry bit was quite scary looking.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12140773202280570336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306285038402649171.post-63343203710551723912011-02-19T12:00:49.215-06:002011-02-19T12:00:49.215-06:00Yikes, what kinds of creatures do have in St Louis...Yikes, what kinds of creatures do have in St Louis????Gerhard Bock (Succulents and More)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17583583634141549759noreply@blogger.com