geometrid

Posted on | November 20, 2007 | 15 Comments

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When we were camping the other week, I swear  I saw this stick move out of the corner of my eye as I was climbing out of the tent.

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How cool is that?

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We transferred the caterpillar to a twig and watched it go into its defense mode.

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Amazing.

 

Comments

15 Responses to “geometrid”

  1. Carrie
    November 20th, 2007 @ 10:09 am

    Awesome! Bugs are cool.

  2. Tonia
    November 20th, 2007 @ 12:27 pm

    I love inch worms (or at least that is what we call them). We have them in green and brown. They are so neat and amazing.

  3. Shannon
    November 20th, 2007 @ 12:33 pm

    That is cool! I’ve never sen one quite like that.

  4. punkin
    November 20th, 2007 @ 1:02 pm

    Wow! That is so amazing.

  5. Janice in GA
    November 20th, 2007 @ 1:26 pm

    [singing]

    Inchworm, inchworm
    Measuring the marigold
    You and your arithmetic
    Will probably go fa-a-a-r…

    [/singing]

  6. Paula
    November 20th, 2007 @ 3:58 pm

    That is a neat bug. Where’d he go? hee hee

  7. cyndy
    November 20th, 2007 @ 6:03 pm

    Perfect! So cool! Nice camera work!

  8. maryse
    November 20th, 2007 @ 9:05 pm

    ha! that is cool. and gross.

  9. angelarae
    November 20th, 2007 @ 9:23 pm

    That is amazing…cool pic!

    Ang

  10. Tonni
    November 21st, 2007 @ 7:44 am

    Makes me wonder how many of those i’ve actually seen and didn’t realize the stick was alive!

  11. Miss Scarlett
    November 21st, 2007 @ 9:52 pm

    Awesome photos!

    Ummmm – this is a recent camping trip?! Where do you live that you are camping right now? Ai yi yi – it is -3 right now.

  12. kmkat
    November 23rd, 2007 @ 11:09 am

    Great photos!

  13. mel
    November 26th, 2007 @ 7:01 pm

    This made me smile so much – the thought of nights out in the tent and the amazing stick-a-pillar :) very cool.

  14. karrie
    December 3rd, 2007 @ 1:29 pm

    So when he was completely standing out against your tent mesh, he was really thinking “no one can see me if I am really still”.

    Cute!

  15. Karola
    December 11th, 2007 @ 10:12 pm

    Wow that was really cool.. i too thought it was just a stick/twig…
    oh by the way happy belated bday.. mine was yesterday 49 for the first time :-) but a day from hell i don’t think i’ve ever had such a bad bday and i didn’t knit either so i know it was really bad..i can always tell when the day is going wrong.. so right now i should be knitting something instead of reading the misc blogs that i’ve missed for the last year.. no computer at home.. and not much time at the library.. butnow with my new job i can get a little bit more of me time :-) reading fellow knitters blogs.. i tried to start one last year.. but obviously it didn’t get very far.. must try again in the new year when i’m back to having cable and internet at home again.. :-) toodles fellow Sag knitter! :-)