Sleeping upside down??

JoanYoung · Post by **JoanYoung** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:49 pm

Isn't he just the cutest cat you have ever seen??

Mike B in OKlahoma · Post by **Mike B in OKlahoma** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:42 am

You can hear it purring!

I wonder why it has the red at the business end? Seems like enough to call attention to it, but not really enough to count as a "leave me alone, I'm nasty to eat!" warning.

JoanYoung · Post by **JoanYoung** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:20 am

Thanks Mike. Who knows why things in nature are the way they are, I have given up trying to figure out most of it.

But you have raised a good point.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:43 am

Getting really good with that Kodak!

Lots of good details popping up in these. As for that concentration of reddish-orange pigments on or around the head and forelegs, could it be a concentration of alkalines in the area?

JoanYoung · Post by **JoanYoung** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:19 am

Thanks Ken.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:56 am

That is one great looking caterpiller. I agree with Ken on the detail. I would say thet red, black and yellow are warning colors and with those hairs, I would not want to try and eat it

JoanYoung · Post by **JoanYoung** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:03 am

Thanks Doug. I would not want to eat it eather.