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Me @ewiggins66.bsky.social

Ever seen a caterpillar like this one? It chased my camera... 🤷

A caterpillar with blue eyes, yellow and black body, hairy protrusions, two long antenna by the head and one on the rear end
aug 28, 2025, 7:01 pm • 4 0

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Matthew C. McLean @mcleansix.bsky.social

Cute! Weird, but cute.

aug 28, 2025, 9:13 pm • 1 0 • view
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Me @ewiggins66.bsky.social

Yeah, those blue eyes were stunning!

aug 28, 2025, 9:15 pm • 0 0 • view
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Me @ewiggins66.bsky.social

Inaturalist says it is a white marked tussock moth caterpillar commonly found on blueberry bushes... blueberry harvest just ended up here so it stands to reason.

aug 28, 2025, 8:25 pm • 2 0 • view
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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social

No, Wow! I wish I had though it's awesome!

aug 28, 2025, 9:23 pm • 1 0 • view
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Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com

I might have screamed

aug 28, 2025, 10:34 pm • 1 0 • view
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Me @ewiggins66.bsky.social

Those crazy blue eyes!

aug 28, 2025, 11:24 pm • 0 0 • view
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Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com

And then if it moved toward me... Bye

aug 29, 2025, 2:28 am • 1 0 • view
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Me @ewiggins66.bsky.social

It was chasing my camera... but not me, per se. 😎 It's mildly toxic to humans. Lives on blueberry bushes.

aug 29, 2025, 2:31 am • 1 0 • view
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Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com

We don't have any blueberry bushes around here. We have our scorpions, you can keep that little monster

aug 29, 2025, 2:33 am • 1 0 • view
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Me @ewiggins66.bsky.social

Have i ever told you about the scorpion that crawled up my pant leg at Girl Scout camp when I was 8?

aug 29, 2025, 2:39 am • 1 0 • view
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Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com

I don't believe you have. Tell me everything.

aug 29, 2025, 4:39 am • 1 0 • view
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Me @ewiggins66.bsky.social

Mother daughter overnight so we were staying inside a building. But we went out to the big fireplace in the parade grounds to have our campfire, sing songs, eat smores before bed. Then we all traipsed to the observation platform to look at stars. We get back to our room, everyone is prepping ...1/2

aug 29, 2025, 4:51 am • 0 0 • view
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Me @ewiggins66.bsky.social

To sleep and I feel this searing pain on my thigh. Several moms rush over, hold me down, strip off my pants thinking it was a snake and out flies a scorpion. Much screaming ensues. I dont remember much else besides they put baking soda on the sting, told me to shake it off. It was the 70's afterall.

aug 29, 2025, 4:51 am • 1 0 • view