Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Monsieur Caterpillar (cocoa tussock moth)






Last Sunday I went out of the house to clean the wine bottle J. had given me for our travelogue. There were some very strange looking forms inside and they wouldn't come out, even after I cleaned it with soap and hot water. I asked my Dad for some advice and he told me to put some sand inside and shake it. I got some sand and was about to do the job when I spotted something very colorful. It was a caterpillar, small and furry. I went into the house and came out with a camera. But not immediately of course, I had to get the caterpillar into a container. When I had it secured I got it out again where it expectedly tried to run away. I say tried because it wasn't a successful attempt. I followed it's route but stopped it in time to place it on a bonsai tree. I took pictures of it. These pictures are now proudly in display and can only be found here in Corr.

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