The moisture in the woods has called the toadstools up.
Some have been nibbled.
I came upon this caterpiller, near the river.
At least he wasn't sitting on a toadstool!
....but he did inspire me to pick up my old and tattered copy of Alice's Adventures...
one of my favorite books to read and reread...
Caterpillar: Who are YOU?
Alice: This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. I -- I hardly know, sir, just at present -- at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.
advice from a caterpiller or chapter 5
....(YOU ARE OLD FATHER WILLIAM)
...takes on new meaning for me these days....
I love Alice in Wonderland.
ReplyDeleteI'd never seen one of those before, so I did some hunting. That's an elm sawfly larva, and not truly a caterpillar. The adults look a bit like enormous bees.
ReplyDeleteWhat fun associations!! You must have grown up in Pa. (as I did) to know the "You Are Old Father William" song. I don't know anyone else who knows it.....or can make sense of it. But I love it.
ReplyDeleteBTW..."do you think at your age it is right?"
ReplyDeleteValerie, Lewis Carroll wrote that poem for the book. :)
ReplyDeletePhiala: Thanks for looking it up!
ReplyDeleteNow I understand why he was not in my butterfly and moth book!
Valerie:at MY age?! Watch out, I shall have to kick you down the stairs!
Alice in Wonderland is one of my favorites too Cyndy. As a matter of fact we had a AIW croquet party a few years ago and everyone dressed a part. It was a blast.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful mushroom. WOW and big. The larva is cool too.
Lovely larva and toadstool. I happened upon a very cool insect yesterday- a phantom crane fly. Managed to catch and photograph it!
ReplyDeleteOh! That was fun. I went and read the chapter and tried to sing the song.
ReplyDeleteI went looking for fungi yesterday.
Lovely... I need to see what is lurking in my garden besides the toads
ReplyDeleteI have dragonflies but they are too fast to photograph.
Lovely photo of the not-caterpillar! And I was imagining Alice the minute I saw the mushroom photo!
ReplyDelete"SERPENT!"
ReplyDeleteThank you for the link - I have bookmarked it for afternoons when my work is finished but the clock won't send me home yet!
Gosh, it's been eons since I read Alice. Your caterpillar looks perfect for the part though.
ReplyDeleteI like that racing stripe on your caterpillar!
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