ByRandom
10-06-2005, 01:06 PM
This is really interesting to me. I've lived out in the middle of pretty much nowhere for the past 8-9 months and I'm always pleasantly surprised at the animals I find around on my land. I've had a family of road runners living on the land since I've moved in. Gophers, rabbits, birds of all kinds, hawks, and huge insects.. That's where this find comes in.. This is the biggest.. Well no, you have to see it to believe it.
<img src="http://www.geckophiles.com/images/cat1.jpg">
<img src="http://www.geckophiles.com/images/cat2.jpg">
<img src="http://www.geckophiles.com/images/cat3.jpg">
<img src="http://www.geckophiles.com/images/cat4.jpg">
This is the biggest caterpillar I have ever seen in my life. I was very tempted to keep it to see what it metamorphisized in to, but I realized I had no idea what it ate and all those practical things. So, any insect-nuts out there that know what this is?
And just for your information, the thought of caterpillars being really fat and sluggish is such a myth, at least for this one. It was strong, snakelike. Whenever I was manuvering it for the photos, I could feel it's muscles rippling. :rofl:
<img src="http://www.geckophiles.com/images/cat1.jpg">
<img src="http://www.geckophiles.com/images/cat2.jpg">
<img src="http://www.geckophiles.com/images/cat3.jpg">
<img src="http://www.geckophiles.com/images/cat4.jpg">
This is the biggest caterpillar I have ever seen in my life. I was very tempted to keep it to see what it metamorphisized in to, but I realized I had no idea what it ate and all those practical things. So, any insect-nuts out there that know what this is?
And just for your information, the thought of caterpillars being really fat and sluggish is such a myth, at least for this one. It was strong, snakelike. Whenever I was manuvering it for the photos, I could feel it's muscles rippling. :rofl: