Comments | ursulav: Spiny Oak Slug

ursulav

Spiny Oak Slug

Oct 01, 2013 18:41

Dude! Dude! Check this guy out!

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stuff in my yard, insects

Comments 18

penella22 October 1 2013, 18:47:53 UTC

SO COOL.

jcfiala October 1 2013, 18:56:32 UTC

How big is he? It's hard to get a feel for scale with that picture.

Very cool, though.

jcfiala October 1 2013, 18:57:28 UTC

And then Google Image Search came up with pictures showing them about the same size as a diameter of a penny or dime. Nice eyesight, there!

ursulav October 1 2013, 22:56:10 UTC

He was a little bigger---that's my glove in the background--but I'd put him at barely an inch long, if that, maybe more like 3/4ths.

ladycelia October 1 2013, 18:56:56 UTC

That is nudibranch levels of cool!

cat63 October 1 2013, 19:21:19 UTC

That is a rather splendid critter.

All the same, I'm quite glad they don't live in my part of the world, as, being a clumsy clot, I'd no doubt lean on one at some point, which wouldn't be any fun for either party.

foxfeather October 1 2013, 20:17:56 UTC

Gorgeous!! I am always so excited to find new caterpillars, they really come in so many spectacular forms it's beyond impressive!