Beauty in Small Packages...

[msfledermaus]

*enjoys quiet for a minute*

One of the things I love about where I live is the quiet. You can hear the river flowing by and if you listen close, you can hear the far-off roar of the falls. You can hear the chickens. Sometimes you hear a boat or Peat's scooter or a neighbor walking past, talking to someone...

And sometimes, if you lean in reeeeeeally close--you hear the sound of munching:)





Isn't he a cutie? It's the first Monarch caterpillar I've seen this year...and he's BIG! I'll have to check that milkweed plant later to see when he makes his chrysalis...

Comments

[ravengirl.livejournal.com]

YOU'RE the cutie! :)

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

I'm naming him Mothra!

[thedarkages]

Before I saw a PBS special on the subject, I had not known that a healthy chunk of Monarch butterflies come from your neck of the woods. Now if only the Mexicans on the other end of the migration could be convinced not to clear-cut the forests where the monarchs hang out, Mothra would have a bright future.

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...maybe we can make a nice greenhouse in the Central Park area of the island and keep him safe, so he doesn't have to trek to Mexico and take his chances. Poor critter:(

[fleur.livejournal.com]

That's a beast!!

[magicwoman.livejournal.com]

Very pretty and exciting!

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

He's frickin' HUGE! Soon he woll munch on the IDS tower and build his large, skeery crysalis!

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

It was just a fun picture to take. He was there, he was...caterpillar-y...