Caterpillars and calendars

[stripperguy]

Clearly it was confused!! What was it thinking? Obviously, it cannot read a calendar. This caterpillar caught my eye while hiking at a closed ski area near Warrensburg. No, it's not just someone's hat fuzz or navel lint, this little guy was alive. It was a little sluggish, but very much alive. I've seen mosquitos in January and blackflies in March, but what the heck is this thing doing crawling around in a snow squall?

[redhawk]

Clearly it was confused!! What was it thinking? Obviously, it cannot read a calendar. This caterpillar caught my eye while hiking at a closed ski area near Warrensburg. No, it's not just someone's hat fuzz or navel lint, this little guy was alive. It was a little sluggish, but very much alive. I've seen mosquitos in January and blackflies in March, but what the heck is this thing doing crawling around in a snow squall?

Field Testing it's fur coat?

[chairrock]

Is that a wooley bear? My father-in-law swears he can forecast how much more winter there will be by looking at the wooley bears rings or lack of....6 more weeks of winter or only 6 weeks til spring.....

[sheri]

Did you check to see if he had snowshoes on?

[chairrock]

my father -in-law did not have snowshoes on when he expalined his theory to me,should he have?

[sheri]

I meant the caterpillar... (smiles)

That woolly bear story is a favorite among every kid I ever met, but has no basis in entomology at all. But what do they know anyway... they don't even believe a dragonfly will sew your mouth shut or that spiddlebug foam is really snake spit. Scientists... such spoilsports.

[chairrock]

I meant the caterpillar... (smiles)

That woolly bear story is a favorite among every kid I ever met, but has no basis in entomology at all. But what do they know anyway... they don't even believe a dragonfly will sew your mouth shut or that spiddlebug foam is really snake spit. Scientists... such spoilsports.

Entomolowhat? such big words....and my father-in-law ain't no kid,he is way smarter than I am,and spiddlebug? whats that?

[sheri]

Spittlebugs are... well... I will show you...

Little beetles that hide from predators (and hot sun) in a foam they make

[sheri]

oops...let me try again

[DRIFTER]

but what the heck is this thing doing crawling around in a snow squall?

Perhaps he has an enlarged prostate and needs a little flowmax?


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Caterpillars using flomax are subject to a number of flowmax side effects, however. Common side effects include dizziness, drowsiness, nausea, diarrhea, headache, backache, chest pain, cough, sore throat, sinus problems, weakness, and sexual side effects. In some caterpillars, fainting can occur. You should use caution when driving or operating heavy equipment until you know how flomax will affect you.

[DEEPFOREST]

oops...let me try again

Oh, so thats what I have seen so many times before and thought the plants we're just oozing. Next time I will take a closer look.

Now explain to me what "old man's beard" on the trees is exactly?

[sheri]

It's a lichen. People think its a moss (they call it tree moss), but its really a lichen... not recommended for hair replacement, though it supposedly was used to treat fungal infections... not that I have tried...

[Wildernessphoto]

but its really a lichen... not recommended for hair replacement,

CRAP!
I can't use it for hair replacement?

[sheri]

Gary... you make bald cool!

[Wildernessphoto]

Gary... you make bald cool!

Ya...but someday I'll find something that works!
<----(Gary being bald and cool)