Cameron Highlands Tea Plantation, Malaysia

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Wordless Wednesday - Hungry Caterpillar

While tending to my garden yesterday, I noticed a fairly large moth caterpillar sitting on my plants. I've no idea what species it is, it's rather dully colored. Although I enjoy looking at this weird and wonderful little creepy crawlie, I don't like what it does to my plants. I don’t feel comfortable using chemical pesticides under any circumstances though, I never do and just let nature take its course.

As you can see from the picture, the creepy crawlie stretched along the stem of the top leaflet, munching on one of the leaves. One caterpillar will easily eat the entire plant leaving a very unpleasant sight. Fortunately, my mom has tons of these plants scattered about her back yard that I can move the larva to.

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First Commenter - Digital Flower Pictures.com

36 comments:

  1. After getting a nasty bite from a Caterpillar I won't handle them anymore. Glad yours was friendly.

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  2. the glossy and slightly translucent body gives tt caterpillar an alien-like quality.

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  3. *GULPZ* That's quite an unusual species of caterpillar you've captured there!
    Gives me the feel, of a snake :P

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  4. Caterpillars are cute...according to my 3 yr old nephew..hhehe. But I would never touch one...eeks. Creepy crawlies scare me.

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  5. that is one fat caterpillar!

    I always scared of the ones with all the "bulu" around them.

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  6. Ewwww!!! Cool one for Wordless... Mine's up too hope you can drop by... Have a great day!

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  7. Digital Flower Pictures,
    Some caterpillars can sting though, so make sure you know what you're picking up before you touch it with bare hands.

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  8. stan,
    yeah, it looks like an invasion of bug from another planet.:)

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  9. Elaine,
    haha, it's harmless and absolutely friendlier than snakes of all kinds.

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  10. Tiaras and Tantrums,
    it has to eat a lot and continue eating if it's going to pupate.

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  11. Mei Teng,
    it's friendly and it won't bite but sadly, i had to move it to another territory.

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  12. Lina,
    those are definitely creepy, they might be toxic. i won't touch them at all.

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  13. Pretty Life Online,
    thanks for visiting. :)

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  14. Oh my, if I found that I would ran away screaming - there would be no touching for me. LOL You are brave!

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  15. WOW! It looks really huge! I've never seen one that big. Thank god.

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  16. Kudos to you for having that caterpillar on your finger!

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  17. ewwww.... so gross. That is such a huge caterpillar!

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  18. I always flush these caterpillars down the drain, so probably if they survive they will climb back up and invade my neighbour's plants. Haha!!

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  19. We're you the one actually holding it? That's a big one and I don't think I'll have the guts to hold it with bare hands. I'm likely to grab a stick and make it crawl there. It's nice to see nature pics, something that calms my day.

    Btw,thanks for the contest vote..you're the very 1st to rate it. Glad you like it too.

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  20. Oh my! I don think I can hold a caterpillar LR!

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  21. Have a great Thursday, dropped ec here. :)

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  22. That is one massive caterpillar, some caterpillars have chemical secretions that can cause skin irritation, and others can bite, but most are harmless. I get a season where thousands of woolly caterpillars swarm the streets every year, it looks like the streets are alive with a carpet of caterpillars.

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  23. wow.. it dont bite or make you itchy ar.. although it look colourful.. but damn it i sure wont touch it.. haha

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  24. I don't get to see caterpillars actually, this is an eye-opener. O_O

    It is HUGE!

    Thanks for sharing it.

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  25. Gosh, you sure one lady I first time seeing not afraid of wrigglies, ha ha.
    I am afraid of worms and what you holding, but not snakes.
    My wife sees that, she'll run two blocks, ha ha.
    You have fun and keep well, Lee.

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  26. You touched it with your own bare hands??? Ugggh.. I don't think I can ever do that.. =|

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  27. Wow...amazing! So damm gorgeous ler. How come the one you discovered was so tame? :D

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