We were getting some beautiful shots of the view over Bogotá, Colombia when, WAIT… what’s that? A caterpillar!?! Hold on while I take one more photo!
This is what Kevin lives with.
Does this sound familiar to anyone?
Update, 12/1/12: Here’s the bug! And I was wrong. Now that I’ve had a closer look I see that it was not a caterpillar! It was a hemiptera or “true bug”–the suborder of insects that includes aphids and cicadas (I studied entomology for a few years back in college). Pretty, eh? I added it to the Flikr pool, “Hemiptera de Colombia“. Maybe someone there can identify it.
Foto Friday is a series where I go back through my archives to share photos that I love either because I think they are beautiful or they have an interesting story. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!
Ha, let’s see the caterpillar pic!
Posted! 🙂
Kevin’s expression is priceless
Yeah, the way Cassie got excited about it, I thought this was going to be some huge, man-eating caterpillar that I didn’t want on my back for very long, but I still had to wait until she got the perfect shot! 😛
But this definitely turned out to be a pretty funny episode.
ROFL, I agree with Kevin’s mom, loving that facial expression. This would win best Holiday Photo Card of the year. 🙂 Just something to consider 🙂
hehe, great idea 🙂
Did you guys ever post the picture of the caterpillar? It has me curious what the caterpillar looked like.
Boring side note… one of the coolest things I ever saw in a foreign country was this group of strange looking caterpillars in Thailand that formed long chains. They had some instinct to stay near the rear end of another caterpillar, and the chains just kept getting longer and longer. Fascinating to watch.
Just posted 🙂
And that’s fascinating, can you find anything online about this? I’d love to see it or read about it. I love bugs!
I couldn’t find the exact type of caterpillar that I saw in Thailand, but I did find this link. I guess caterpillars that do that are called “processionary caterpillars”. I’ll let you know if I dig up any pictures of it from Thailand.
http://www.grazalemaguide.com/nature-news/34-general-nature/175-beware-of-pine-processionary-caterpillars-.html
Wow, this is crazy! I’ve never heard about this, especially the fact that these hairs are spiky–and worse–can become airborne! What an interesting thing to have stumbled upon! One more reason I need to go to Thailand!
I like how your present title reads “…What It’s Like to Love a Photographer” but the URL reads”…what-its-like-to-love-a-photography-nut/”. Guess you toned it down for the final.
You know it — Good catch 🙂