Caterpillar
I like caterpillars.
Filing this under “unidentified” for now, as I haven’t a clue what species this is, or what kind of moth or butterfly it will turn into. Anybody know what this one is?
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I like caterpillars.
Filing this under “unidentified” for now, as I haven’t a clue what species this is, or what kind of moth or butterfly it will turn into. Anybody know what this one is?
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JFargo said,
May 11, 2008 @ 8:45 am
That is the much lauded brownius caterpilliaris, a very popular species of caterpillar out where I used to live. Known for dropping out of trees onto unsuspecting sisters, especially when the “tree” was me, dropping it on their heads.
David Brady said,
May 11, 2008 @ 9:42 am
Ahhh, yes. Family Sororiplopidae.
tceisele said,
May 11, 2008 @ 2:08 pm
I think it’s probably related to the second caterpillar on this page, that I found in our rhubarb patch last spring. I posted it to Bug Guide to see if they could ID it, and people there basically threw up their hands and said, “it’s a brown caterpillar, what do you expect? Miracles? Probably some kind of cutworm.” So, OK, I guess we can go with “cutworm” and leave it at that.
The taxonomists should try to be more imaginative in their naming. “Sororiplopidae” has a nice ring to it.
JFargo said,
May 11, 2008 @ 4:35 pm
Heh. Took me a second to parse Sororiplopidae.
I agree with tceisele that the taxonomists need to be more imaginative with their naming conventions.
Entr0physt said,
May 13, 2008 @ 9:40 am
Heheheheh. That’s a good one!