Comments on: What caterpillar is that? http://brainsnorkel.com/2006/04/06/what-caterpillar-is-that/ Manifesto-driven development. Eclectic thoughts. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:12:08 +0000 hourly 1 By: Neo http://brainsnorkel.com/2006/04/06/what-caterpillar-is-that/comment-page-1/#comment-30548 Neo Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:13:43 +0000 http://brainsnorkel.com/2006/04/06/what-caterpillar-is-that/#comment-30548 Hiya, i have just recently found one of these amazing caterpillars on my small leaf fig bonzai, i witnessed it eating lots of leaves, I even used it to prune the tops of one other bonzai by picking it up and placing it where i didnt want any leaves, lol, two days ago it made the most amazing coloured greenish gold mirror ball caccoon, I am a little disapointed that it will turn into a boring brown butterfly, but thats ok i guess because we got to see its caccoon and it did some pruning for me , 8 ) Neo Hiya, i have just recently found one of these amazing caterpillars on my small leaf fig bonzai, i witnessed it eating lots of leaves, I even used it to prune the tops of one other bonzai by picking it up and placing it where i didnt want any leaves, lol, two days ago it made the most amazing coloured greenish gold mirror ball caccoon, I am a little disapointed that it will turn into a boring brown butterfly, but thats ok i guess because we got to see its caccoon and it did some pruning for me ,
8 )
Neo

]]> By: Chris http://brainsnorkel.com/2006/04/06/what-caterpillar-is-that/comment-page-1/#comment-27803 Chris Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:46:23 +0000 http://brainsnorkel.com/2006/04/06/what-caterpillar-is-that/#comment-27803 I left out that there were white markings. But not spots. More like a panel on each wing. 3rd hand descriptions for the win! I left out that there were white markings. But not spots. More like a panel on each wing.

3rd hand descriptions for the win!

]]> By: Chris http://brainsnorkel.com/2006/04/06/what-caterpillar-is-that/comment-page-1/#comment-27801 Chris Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:43:35 +0000 http://brainsnorkel.com/2006/04/06/what-caterpillar-is-that/#comment-27801 According to the butterfly eyewitness it was just brown. No spots or markings -- just an ordinary brown butterfly. Like the one in the picture but no obvious spots. It's hard to tell if it was eating the ficus, but it did seem to spend a lot of time there. Both caterpillars and one of the two cocoons were spotted on that ficus at one point or another. There were half-eaten leaves, but we never saw the caterpillars eating. According to the butterfly eyewitness it was just brown. No spots or markings — just an ordinary brown butterfly. Like the one in the picture but no obvious spots.

It’s hard to tell if it was eating the ficus, but it did seem to spend a lot of time there. Both caterpillars and one of the two cocoons were spotted on that ficus at one point or another. There were half-eaten leaves, but we never saw the caterpillars eating.

]]> By: PlunX http://brainsnorkel.com/2006/04/06/what-caterpillar-is-that/comment-page-1/#comment-27794 PlunX Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:21:29 +0000 http://brainsnorkel.com/2006/04/06/what-caterpillar-is-that/#comment-27794 Hello. I'm just gonna state that whatever that was, it wasn't from around here. Like you first mentioned, it definately is something related to the Monarch butterfly, but even the natively related Queen and occasional Soldier do not have as many of those filaments. A picture of a Soldier butterfly looks like this.. http://nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/zeeb/butterflies/figs/Butterflies/Nymphalidae/Danainae/D_eresimus.jpg Was it anything even close to that, or was it more darker brown? Also, was the caterpillar actually feeding on the ficus, or was it just spotted there? Hello. I’m just gonna state that whatever that was, it wasn’t from around here. Like you first mentioned, it definately is something related to the Monarch butterfly, but even the natively related Queen and occasional Soldier do not have as many of those filaments. A picture of a Soldier butterfly looks like this.. http://nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/zeeb/butterflies/figs/Butterflies/Nymphalidae/Danainae/D_eresimus.jpg Was it anything even close to that, or was it more darker brown? Also, was the caterpillar actually feeding on the ficus, or was it just spotted there?

]]> By: Alastair http://brainsnorkel.com/2006/04/06/what-caterpillar-is-that/comment-page-1/#comment-8141 Alastair Mon, 24 Jul 2006 20:55:38 +0000 http://brainsnorkel.com/2006/04/06/what-caterpillar-is-that/#comment-8141 Of course there's now an <a href="http://www.whatsthatbug.com/" rel="nofollow">online service to identify bugs</a> (via boingboing) Of course there’s now an online service to identify bugs (via boingboing)

]]> By: Chris http://brainsnorkel.com/2006/04/06/what-caterpillar-is-that/comment-page-1/#comment-5190 Chris Mon, 08 May 2006 03:07:10 +0000 http://brainsnorkel.com/2006/04/06/what-caterpillar-is-that/#comment-5190 *** Chris: I fat-fingered my spam filter on the weekend and lost a couple of comments forever. I recovered this one from my GDS cache, so apologies for the out-of-order re-post *** That is the best looking caterpillar I’ve ever seen. It looks like it ought to be dangerous in some way (but then, I’m allergic to hairy ones, but that doesn’t stop me harrasing them). You’ll have to stalk it now, to see what comes out. *** Chris: I fat-fingered my spam filter on the weekend and lost a couple of comments forever. I recovered this one from my GDS cache, so apologies for the out-of-order re-post ***

That is the best looking caterpillar I’ve ever seen. It looks like it ought to be dangerous in some way (but then, I’m allergic to hairy ones, but that doesn’t stop me harrasing them).

You’ll have to stalk it now, to see what comes out.

]]> By: Chris http://brainsnorkel.com/2006/04/06/what-caterpillar-is-that/comment-page-1/#comment-4990 Chris Mon, 17 Apr 2006 22:06:52 +0000 http://brainsnorkel.com/2006/04/06/what-caterpillar-is-that/#comment-4990 The reserve pupa: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/brainsnorkel/129910630/" title="Photo Sharing" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/55/129910630_b4e501f582_m.jpg" width="209" height="240" alt="Backup Pupae" /></a> The reserve pupa:

Backup Pupae

]]> By: Chris http://brainsnorkel.com/2006/04/06/what-caterpillar-is-that/comment-page-1/#comment-4978 Chris Thu, 13 Apr 2006 03:24:13 +0000 http://brainsnorkel.com/2006/04/06/what-caterpillar-is-that/#comment-4978 Sadly the beautiful butterfly emerged yesterday and entertained the kids with its... err... brown and white ordinariness as its wings articulated. No photos, sorry. The spare cocoon is still hanging in there. There's a chance it will hatch today as its week of healthy fruit and Saturday binge of junk food occurred one or more days after the photographed one. Sadly the beautiful butterfly emerged yesterday and entertained the kids with its… err… brown and white ordinariness as its wings articulated. No photos, sorry.

The spare cocoon is still hanging in there. There’s a chance it will hatch today as its week of healthy fruit and Saturday binge of junk food occurred one or more days after the photographed one.

]]> By: Alastair http://brainsnorkel.com/2006/04/06/what-caterpillar-is-that/comment-page-1/#comment-4968 Alastair Tue, 11 Apr 2006 22:03:40 +0000 http://brainsnorkel.com/2006/04/06/what-caterpillar-is-that/#comment-4968 Hmm, so if I recall my Very Hungry Caterpillar correctly last Saturday it should have eaten one piece of chocolate cake, one ice cream cone, one slice of swiss cheese, one slice of salami, one pickle, one piece of cherry pie, one sausage, one cupcake and one slice of watermelon. And that night had a stomachache. Hmm, so if I recall my Very Hungry Caterpillar correctly last Saturday it should have eaten one piece of chocolate cake, one ice cream cone, one slice of swiss cheese, one slice of salami, one pickle, one piece of cherry pie, one sausage, one cupcake and one slice of watermelon.

And that night had a stomachache.

]]> By: Chris http://brainsnorkel.com/2006/04/06/what-caterpillar-is-that/comment-page-1/#comment-4967 Chris Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:39:08 +0000 http://brainsnorkel.com/2006/04/06/what-caterpillar-is-that/#comment-4967 And stalk it, I shall. According to my estensive research (reading the 3rd last page of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0399226907/sr=8-2/qid=1144791167/ref=pd_bbs_2/103-6343298-8800602?%5Fencoding=UTF8" rel="nofollow">"The Very Hungry Caterpillar"</a>) it takes two weeks for a caterpillar to hatch. That means it will hatch late this (long) weekend. I'm going to be away for Easter, but my brother-in-law will be around and maybe he can take photos if anything dramatic happens. I have also found a pupae nearby that seems to be more recent. When the one in the photo was gold, the new one was yellow and eventually turned to gold. The one in this photo has turned a matt dark grey. And stalk it, I shall.

According to my estensive research (reading the 3rd last page of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”) it takes two weeks for a caterpillar to hatch. That means it will hatch late this (long) weekend. I’m going to be away for Easter, but my brother-in-law will be around and maybe he can take photos if anything dramatic happens.

I have also found a pupae nearby that seems to be more recent. When the one in the photo was gold, the new one was yellow and eventually turned to gold. The one in this photo has turned a matt dark grey.

]]> By: Chris http://brainsnorkel.com/2006/04/06/what-caterpillar-is-that/comment-page-1/#comment-4965 Chris Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:13:44 +0000 http://brainsnorkel.com/2006/04/06/what-caterpillar-is-that/#comment-4965 More data. Toowoomba friends say they have seen golden disco-ball pupae in their neck of the woods. Nobody has come up with an answer for what type of butterfly produces such object d'art. More data. Toowoomba friends say they have seen golden disco-ball pupae in their neck of the woods. Nobody has come up with an answer for what type of butterfly produces such object d’art.

]]> By: Chris http://brainsnorkel.com/2006/04/06/what-caterpillar-is-that/comment-page-1/#comment-4959 Chris Fri, 07 Apr 2006 00:52:41 +0000 http://brainsnorkel.com/2006/04/06/what-caterpillar-is-that/#comment-4959 Looks like it's probably something related to a Monarch Butterfly... with more feely things. The caterpillar was kind of <a href="http://www.wingwatchers.com/images1/cater1.jpg" rel="nofollow">the wrong colour</a>, but the chrysalis looks like <a href="http://www.insecta-inspecta.com/butterflies/monarch/index.html" rel="nofollow">this</a> description: <blockquote> The butterfly now looks like a giant green droplet. It is slowly changing shape and color. The outer layer hardens into an elegant emerald case, decorated with <strong>golden dots</strong>. This is known as "chrysalis," which is the Greek word for "golden." Inside this chrysalis, wonderful and unexplainable things are happening. </blockquote> I guess by golden dots they might mean big, golden, reflective surfaces. Looks like it’s probably something related to a Monarch Butterfly… with more feely things.

The caterpillar was kind of the wrong colour, but the chrysalis looks like this description:

The butterfly now looks like a giant green droplet. It is slowly changing shape and color. The outer layer hardens into an elegant emerald case, decorated with golden dots. This is known as “chrysalis,” which is the Greek word for “golden.” Inside this chrysalis, wonderful and unexplainable things are happening.

I guess by golden dots they might mean big, golden, reflective surfaces.

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