My 5 y.o. son has recently become very interested in bugs, which is great considering less than 6 months ago, he was sort of scared of them. But his recent fascination has led to some very interesting photo ops! He seems to find all these great bugs and I seem to always have the camera ready. First, there is the Giant Walking Stick found at the Natural Bridge Caverns outside of New Braunfels. Then we have "Greenie" the caterpillar found at a local park and rescued from a horde of grackles that were just drooling over that tasty, fat snack cruising across the tennis courts. And lasty, "Fuzzy Wuzzy" found in the maple tree in our front yard. Are these little guys impressive or what? "Greenie" is actually cocooned and going through his metamorphosis as I write. If I am correct in his identification, he will emerge around the full moon and become a GORGEOUS Polyphemus Moth. I will update with photos when he emerges! "Fuzzy Wuzzy" was caught and released, but will probably become an American Dagger Moth. For those of you with a love of bugs, you should check out: www.whatsthatbug.com It's a great site! Anyway, we are having a blast, finding and identifying bugs and caterpillars. Who knew Texas was such a hot spot for cool insects? Now if I was just quick enough to get a shot of some of the awesome dragonflies I've been seeing, but those little buggers are fast!
2 comments:
That "fat snack" is definitely a polyphemus. Great photos!
He became a maggot snack instead! He was parasitized and we're very sad!
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