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Jul 22, 2006 21:25

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sheila_peitra July 22 2006, 23:06:35 UTC

is that insect sex?

stillcarl July 22 2006, 23:46:05 UTC

Of course not - 'tis the very rare pushme-pullyou moth!

sheila_peitra July 23 2006, 01:27:43 UTC

I have never heard of such a thing. I have searched and I cannot find this bug you speak of on the internet. You wouldn't happen to know its official species name would you?

vriad_lee July 23 2006, 04:04:45 UTC

don't listen to him! it is in fact insect sex, and quite static i.e. there was no pushing nor pulling.

stillcarl July 23 2006, 05:50:57 UTC

And don't you listen to him!

Here's a pushmepullyou (I don't think the hyphen's correct - sorry about that) at the caterpillar stage...

http://www.digitalphotonut.com/dpn/dpnhome.nsf/0/F2ADDE1D3A4C8FA186256DA5007CC674/$FILE/PushmePullyou.jpg

So there, vriad_lee!

sheila_peitra July 23 2006, 13:18:06 UTC

While I appreciate the pic, I require more than a photograph to sway my belief. I need to read about this alleged creature, and an official name. Thank you for the info, I'll continue to look into it.

stillcarl July 24 2006, 06:05:52 UTC

Ah - someone who believes that unless something's been written about it doesn't exist. I'm most curious to know why you would think the written word is more trustworthy than photographic evidence.

But anyway, as I said from the start, the pushmepullyou moth is very rare, which was why it was named after the rarest animal in the world. Which, having been written about in a book, you can hardly deny existed, even though at the time the book was written it was thought to be extinct.

vriad_lee July 23 2006, 08:17:27 UTC

don't believe him! it's a hoax! he photoshopped the other two antennas!

stillcarl July 24 2006, 06:13:18 UTC

Utter rot! I don't own PhotoShop, and anyway, if you look at the file-date of that photo you'll see it's been there since 10th Nov. 2003. I'm just not that prescient!

vriad_lee July 24 2006, 11:22:30 UTC

you meddled with the time stamps.

p.s. you don't own what? should i send you a pirated copy?

stillcarl July 24 2006, 06:32:31 UTC

And here's another one...

http://icons.wunderground.com/data/wximagenew/c/charlesimages/96.jpg

Convinced yet!?

vriad_lee July 24 2006, 11:37:40 UTC

nobody will believe you until you explain how it defecates

stillcarl July 26 2006, 09:32:01 UTC

Well doh! Through an anus in its middle, of course! Where else would it be?

vriad_lee July 27 2006, 08:32:31 UTC

how boring! and i thought both ends took turns!

stillcarl July 27 2006, 10:55:06 UTC

I'd much rather boring than that!

But to put you out of your misery, it's actually a Monarch Butterfly caterpillar...

http://monarch.org.nz/monarch/2005/09/10/banded_larva-2/

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