Cool, it makes a nice metaphor for the Koch brothers and Fox news.
JohnnieCanucksays
According to the link, this is a sawfly larva. The term caterpillar apparently only applies to the larvae of Lepidoptera whereas sawflies are Hymenoptera.
chigau (違う)says
I have similar critters doing my currants every year.
If I could, I would kill them all.
anuransays
@5 chigau
That’s what I don’t like about gardening. You spend most of your time killing things.
(Some time back I did a “How to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse” reality check. The basic advice was “Don’t think like a Lantern-Jawed Hero (TM). This isn’t war. It’s an integrated pest management problem. Think like a farmer. They spend most of their time killing things with ruthless, cold-blooded efficiency on an industrial scale.”)
Beatrice, an amateur cynic looking for a happy thoughtsays
Ah yes, I wanted to say it looks cute if it’s not your fruit tree it’s feasting on.
But chigau was faster.
chigau (違う)says
The things we call ‘imported currant worms’ strip every leaf.
strip every leaf
The bush doesn’t die but there are no berries after it makes new leaves.
Dammit, Gregory beat me to it! But I can still link you to THIS wiki page…
No, seriously, that’s one of my fave children’s books.
opposablethumbssays
Used to read that to the Spawn all the time :-)
We couldn’t find a copy in the right language, so we printed out a version of the text ourselves and pasted it into the book on top of the English. Still got a couple of the books we did that with, stashed away as mementos :-)
mothrasays
If it were a North American species I would say that it is almost certainly a member of the sawfly family Tenthredinidae
anuran says
A remarkably efficient machine for turning leaves into frass and caterpillar.
Gregory in Seattle says
Why, it’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar!
mikeyb says
Cool, it makes a nice metaphor for the Koch brothers and Fox news.
JohnnieCanuck says
According to the link, this is a sawfly larva. The term caterpillar apparently only applies to the larvae of Lepidoptera whereas sawflies are Hymenoptera.
chigau (違う) says
I have similar critters doing my currants every year.
If I could, I would kill them all.
anuran says
@5 chigau
That’s what I don’t like about gardening. You spend most of your time killing things.
(Some time back I did a “How to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse” reality check. The basic advice was “Don’t think like a Lantern-Jawed Hero (TM). This isn’t war. It’s an integrated pest management problem. Think like a farmer. They spend most of their time killing things with ruthless, cold-blooded efficiency on an industrial scale.”)
Beatrice, an amateur cynic looking for a happy thought says
Ah yes, I wanted to say it looks cute if it’s not your fruit tree it’s feasting on.
But chigau was faster.
chigau (違う) says
The things we call ‘imported currant worms’ strip every leaf.
strip every leaf
The bush doesn’t die but there are no berries after it makes new leaves.
WMDKitty -- Survivor says
Dammit, Gregory beat me to it! But I can still link you to THIS wiki page…
No, seriously, that’s one of my fave children’s books.
opposablethumbs says
Used to read that to the Spawn all the time :-)
We couldn’t find a copy in the right language, so we printed out a version of the text ourselves and pasted it into the book on top of the English. Still got a couple of the books we did that with, stashed away as mementos :-)
mothra says
If it were a North American species I would say that it is almost certainly a member of the sawfly family Tenthredinidae