Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Forums
« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: What on earth is this creature?  (Read 1649 times)

Description:

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline motorollinTopic starter

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Join Date: Nov 2005
  • Posts: 8669
    • Show only replies by motorollin
What on earth is this creature?
« on: May 19, 2008, 06:32:39 PM »
Anyone know what this is? (1.5MB QuickTime file). I found it on my clothes and have no idea what it is!

--
moto
Logged
Code: [Select]
10  IT\'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
20  FOR C = 1 TO 2
30     DA-NA-NAAAA-NAAAA DA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAA
40     DA-NA-NAAAA-NAAAA DA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAAA
50  NEXT C
60  NA-NA-NAAAA
70  NA-NA NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAA NAAA-NAAAAAAAAAAA
80  GOTO 10
 

Offline odin

  • Colonization had Galleons
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Join Date: Feb 2002
  • Posts: 6796
    • Show only replies by odin
Re: What on earth is this creature?
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2008, 08:50:09 PM »
Caterpillar I say, I think I've seen ones like that before 'in the wild'.
Logged
 

Offline motorollinTopic starter

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Join Date: Nov 2005
  • Posts: 8669
    • Show only replies by motorollin
Re: What on earth is this creature?
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2008, 08:58:27 PM »
Really? I've never seen a caterpillar with legs only on each end of its body, and I had no idea caterpillars could "stand" like that. I'm keeping it in a jar with some leaves so we'll see what it develops in to :-D

--
moto
Logged
Code: [Select]
10  IT\'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
20  FOR C = 1 TO 2
30     DA-NA-NAAAA-NAAAA DA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAA
40     DA-NA-NAAAA-NAAAA DA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAAA
50  NEXT C
60  NA-NA-NAAAA
70  NA-NA NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAA NAAA-NAAAAAAAAAAA
80  GOTO 10
 

Offline odin

  • Colonization had Galleons
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Join Date: Feb 2002
  • Posts: 6796
    • Show only replies by odin
Re: What on earth is this creature?
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2008, 10:22:35 PM »
Careful, it might develop into a facehugger overnight :nervous:.

BTW, even children's books have a notion of caterpillars having legs only the at front and end of its body  :-D:
Logged
 

Offline motorollinTopic starter

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Join Date: Nov 2005
  • Posts: 8669
    • Show only replies by motorollin
Re: What on earth is this creature?
« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2008, 08:09:39 AM »
:lol:

I must have read that book hundreds of times as a child (and a couple as an adult...) and I couldn't even remember that caterpillars don't need legs in the middle if their bodies. Doesn't bode well for my degree, does it ;-)

--
moto
Logged
Code: [Select]
10  IT\'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
20  FOR C = 1 TO 2
30     DA-NA-NAAAA-NAAAA DA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAA
40     DA-NA-NAAAA-NAAAA DA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAAA
50  NEXT C
60  NA-NA-NAAAA
70  NA-NA NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAA NAAA-NAAAAAAAAAAA
80  GOTO 10
 

Offline weirdami

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Join Date: Jan 2003
  • Posts: 3776
    • Show only replies by weirdami
    • Http://Bindingpolymer.com
Re: What on earth is this creature?
« Reply #5 on: May 20, 2008, 12:21:31 PM »
Quote
Doesn't bode well for my degree, does it


in caterpiltology?
Logged
----
Binding Polymer: Keeping you together since 1892.
 

Offline motorollinTopic starter

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Join Date: Nov 2005
  • Posts: 8669
    • Show only replies by motorollin
Re: What on earth is this creature?
« Reply #6 on: May 20, 2008, 12:50:45 PM »
Heh, no for Speech and Language Therapy. Believe it or not human language can be traced back to caterpillars. The Very Hungry Caterpillar is actually on one of my reading lists.

--
moto
Logged
Code: [Select]
10  IT\'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
20  FOR C = 1 TO 2
30     DA-NA-NAAAA-NAAAA DA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAA
40     DA-NA-NAAAA-NAAAA DA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAAA
50  NEXT C
60  NA-NA-NAAAA
70  NA-NA NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAA NAAA-NAAAAAAAAAAA
80  GOTO 10
 

Offline trekiej

Re: What on earth is this creature?
« Reply #7 on: May 20, 2008, 06:49:49 PM »
I believe I have heard of them as an "inch worm".
It looks like that toy that He-man rode. It swung around though.
Logged
Amiga 2000 Forever :)
Welcome to the Planar System.
 

Offline motorollinTopic starter

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Join Date: Nov 2005
  • Posts: 8669
    • Show only replies by motorollin
Re: What on earth is this creature?
« Reply #8 on: May 21, 2008, 08:54:30 AM »
Ok this thing is still alive in its jar and has been stuck to a leaf for a while so I suppose it's getting ready to pupate. There are lots of little brown specks on the bottom of the jar. Do caterpillars poo?

--
moto
Logged
Code: [Select]
10  IT\'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
20  FOR C = 1 TO 2
30     DA-NA-NAAAA-NAAAA DA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAA
40     DA-NA-NAAAA-NAAAA DA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAAA
50  NEXT C
60  NA-NA-NAAAA
70  NA-NA NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAA NAAA-NAAAAAAAAAAA
80  GOTO 10
 

Offline JaXanim

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Join Date: Mar 2002
  • Posts: 1120
    • Show only replies by JaXanim
    • http://www.intuitionbase.com/waveguide/home.html
Re: What on earth is this creature?
« Reply #9 on: May 21, 2008, 10:59:09 AM »
trekiej is correct. It's a moth catapillar commonly known as an inch worm. Have you never heard the Hans Christian Andersen song:
"Inch worm, inch worm, measuring the marigold. etc."

And yes, the bits in the jar are what you suspect. What goes into a catapillar, comes out. Just like you and me.

TC

Logged
Be inspired! It\\\'s back!
 

Offline motorollinTopic starter

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Join Date: Nov 2005
  • Posts: 8669
    • Show only replies by motorollin
Re: What on earth is this creature?
« Reply #10 on: May 21, 2008, 11:18:46 AM »
Quote
JaXanim wrote:
trekiej is correct. It's a moth catapillar commonly known as an inch worm.

Excellent, thanks trekiej and JaX!

Quote
JaXanim wrote:
Have you never heard the Hans Christian Andersen song:
"Inch worm, inch worm, measuring the marigold. etc."

Maybe, but it doesn't help my identify this particular creature ;-)

Quote
JaXanim wrote:
And yes, the bits in the jar are what you suspect. What goes into a catapillar, comes out. Just like you and me.

Interesting, I don't remember my vapourer moth caterpillar doing that. But then IIRC she pupated very soon so maybe she just wasn't hungry :-)

--
moto
Logged
Code: [Select]
10  IT\'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
20  FOR C = 1 TO 2
30     DA-NA-NAAAA-NAAAA DA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAA
40     DA-NA-NAAAA-NAAAA DA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAAA
50  NEXT C
60  NA-NA-NAAAA
70  NA-NA NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAA NAAA-NAAAAAAAAAAA
80  GOTO 10
 

Offline Abou27

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Join Date: Oct 2003
  • Posts: 306
    • Show only replies by Abou27
    • http://www.renault-agriculture.co.uk/forums/
Re: What on earth is this creature?
« Reply #11 on: May 24, 2008, 09:54:31 PM »
I have nothing to offer this thread other than to say that it entertained in a very pleasant and warm way :-)

Keep it up guys :-)




P.S. This post is a lot more sincere than it may sound  ;-)
Logged
 
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »