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spicebush swallowtail caterpillar

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by afgreyparrot on September 10, 2006 09:11 AM
Brennan found this today...

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He swears up and down it is some kind of alien life form...
...and I agreed with him.

It has a FACE! [scaredy]

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by loz on September 10, 2006 09:59 AM
What is that thing supposed to be? [Big Grin] [scaredy] [Big Grin]
by afgreyparrot on September 10, 2006 10:08 AM
I don't know!

Brennan found it in the driveway, and put it in the hostas! [Big Grin]

It has a big FACE! Like it's smiling!

What is it??????????

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by loz on September 10, 2006 10:10 AM
Maybe it's a scout sent out from the mothership and it wants you to follow it back. [Wink]
by ChristinaC on September 10, 2006 10:13 AM
Looks like the prize I won at the fair today.

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by afgreyparrot on September 10, 2006 10:21 AM
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Maybe it's a scout sent out from the mothership and it wants you to follow it back
Rachel called a few minutes ago and said that Brennan was still wondering if a space ship was going to come back and get it! He is convinced it is an alien! (It's at Rachel's house, not here, thank God! I'd hate to think of how bad Freckles would bark if the mothership landed here.) [Big Grin]

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Looks like the prize I won at the fair today.

[shocked]
What kind of fair did you go to??? [scaredy]

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by ChristinaC on September 10, 2006 11:03 AM
It looks like the orange fish that Lynne has on her signature line.

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by afgreyparrot on September 10, 2006 11:09 AM
That's what Rachel...it looks like a clown fish!

Look what I found...

Spicebush Swallowtail caterpillar
Common in Kentucky...
But, it's not the same color. [nutz]

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by ChristinaC on September 10, 2006 11:19 AM
[shocked] I honestly thought this was joke...maybe one of Brennan's toys or something. Ick! Am I ever glad I wasn't the one that found that thing!
[scaredy]

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by afgreyparrot on September 10, 2006 11:29 AM
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I honestly thought this was joke...maybe one of Brennan's toys or something.
That is the exact same thing Rachel said... [Big Grin]
She thought it was one of his toys! No kidding!

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by ChristinaC on September 10, 2006 11:36 AM
[Big Grin] That's funny..I kinda' wondered when you asked what kind of fair I went to. I thought, "is it just a Canadian thing where you win the goldfish? [dunno] " [nutz]

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by plants 'n pots on September 10, 2006 11:45 AM
OMG - what is that thing, Cindy?!?

It gives me the creeps!!!
Of course I would read this thread just before going to bed - can't even IMAGINE the dreams I'm gonna have tonight!!! [shocked] [scaredy] [Eek!]

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by afgreyparrot on September 10, 2006 11:50 AM
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OMG - what is that thing, Cindy?!?

That's what I want to know! [Big Grin]

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by afgreyparrot on September 10, 2006 11:53 AM
When I stopped at Rachel's before I went to the reunion I was in a big hurry (always late!) and she said I HAD to see THIS...and I reluctantly got out of the truck to go look at this "thing"...

Then when I saw it I was amazed...because of the face!

It must be some kind of swallowtail butterfly caterpillar, I'm thinking. [nutz]

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by Buglady on September 10, 2006 12:35 PM
Papilio troilus... spicebush swallowtail caterpillar

[Smile]

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by TulsaRose on September 10, 2006 08:22 PM
Cindy, see if this is your Alien. [Wink] Third one down.

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by afgreyparrot on September 10, 2006 08:57 PM
Yep...it's a spicebush swallowtail caterpillar.

The pic you found is more the color of Brennan's alien than the pics I found.

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by loz on September 10, 2006 11:05 PM
Holy cow! The thing is real? [shocked] I thought for sure last night it was a toy that Brennan found! That is SO creepy that it has a face. [scaredy] [shocked]
by afgreyparrot on September 10, 2006 11:34 PM
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I honestly thought this was joke...
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Holy cow! The thing is real? I thought for sure last night it was a toy
[tongue] I guess I joke around on here so much that no one takes a real post by me serious! [Big Grin]

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by afgreyparrot on September 10, 2006 11:38 PM
...I think I'll change the topic name and move this up to the Butterfly forum...since we don't have an alien forum... [lala] [Big Grin]

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by loz on September 10, 2006 11:47 PM
I just showed it to Mark and he said--"What the **&% is that thing?" [Big Grin] [Big Grin] [Big Grin]
by afgreyparrot on September 10, 2006 11:50 PM
I just found some nice pictures of it...

Spicebush Swallowtail

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by Dixie Angel on September 21, 2006 10:37 AM
It looks like a cartoon goldfish to me! Are you sure that one of your goldfish hasn't escaped the pond?

Dianna

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by afgreyparrot on September 21, 2006 10:42 AM
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It looks like a cartoon goldfish to me!
That what Jeremy (Rachel's BF) said! [Big Grin]
He thought it was a toy of Brennan's at first, til he touched it...then when he called for Rach to come look at it she thought it was a toy, too. When I got there and she made me look at it, I thought for sure it was an alien...because it looked at me and grinned real big [grin] like it knew me! [Big Grin]

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by princessazlea on September 21, 2006 04:54 PM
OMG [scaredy] It does look like a clown fish. I have never seen anything like this. It looks like it has teeth!

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