Caterpillar
Written caddypiller Dev.
Seen in the wild
Front view of a Lackey (Malacosoma neustria) caterpillar seen in Upshire, Essex today. Not sure why they evolved to resemble a tiny blue orangutan! #EssexWildlife #UKMoths
Hypothetically speaking, if that hungry hungry caterpillar in his skull had finished the job, a lot fewer people would be in mortal jeopardy.
Slow start to the year. I have had precious few individual moths so far this season. New moths for me include Palmerworm and a White-blotched Balsa. Other moths include an American Cooper Underwing (caterpillar), and…
Im eating these with the desperate need a monarch caterpillar has for milkweed 🌿🐛 I looove an erik who gets himself into trouble with istvan for his attention
First #Monarch caterpillar of the year. The milkweed is just getting started, so I hope there is enough for the little bugger. #Insects #Butterfly #Caterpillar #LosAngeles #California #Milkweed #Gardening #Nature #Na…
📜 This word in 1898 dialectexpand
Written caddypiller Dev. ; catterpillar Glo.1 Som. [kae'tapil3(r).] The cockchafer, Scarabeus Melolontha. Also called May-beetle, Oak -web (q.v.).
Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)
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