I have never heard of such a thing. I have searched and I cannot find this bug you speak of on the internet. You wouldn't happen to know its official species name would you?
While I appreciate the pic, I require more than a photograph to sway my belief. I need to read about this alleged creature, and an official name. Thank you for the info, I'll continue to look into it.
Ah - someone who believes that unless something's been written about it doesn't exist. I'm most curious to know why you would think the written word is more trustworthy than photographic evidence.
But anyway, as I said from the start, the pushmepullyou moth is very rare, which was why it was named after the rarest animal in the world (http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/Hugh_Lofting/The_Story_of_Doctor_Dolittle/The_Rarest_Animal_Of_All_p1.html). Which, having been written about in a book, you can hardly deny existed, even though at the time the book was written it was thought to be extinct.
Utter rot! I don't own PhotoShop, and anyway, if you look at the file-date of that photo you'll see it's been there since 10th Nov. 2003. I'm just not that prescient!
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Date: 2006-07-22 11:06 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2006-07-23 05:50 am (UTC)Here's a pushmepullyou (I don't think the hyphen's correct - sorry about that) at the caterpillar stage...
http://www.digitalphotonut.com/dpn/dpnhome.nsf/0/F2ADDE1D3A4C8FA186256DA5007CC674/$FILE/PushmePullyou.jpg
So there,
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Date: 2006-07-23 01:18 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-07-24 06:05 am (UTC)But anyway, as I said from the start, the pushmepullyou moth is very rare, which was why it was named after the rarest animal in the world (http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/Hugh_Lofting/The_Story_of_Doctor_Dolittle/The_Rarest_Animal_Of_All_p1.html). Which, having been written about in a book, you can hardly deny existed, even though at the time the book was written it was thought to be extinct.
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Date: 2006-07-24 11:22 am (UTC)p.s. you don't own what? should i send you a pirated copy?
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Date: 2006-07-24 06:32 am (UTC)http://icons.wunderground.com/data/wximagenew/c/charlesimages/96.jpg
Convinced yet!?
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Date: 2006-07-27 10:55 am (UTC)But to put you out of your misery, it's actually a Monarch Butterfly caterpillar...
http://monarch.org.nz/monarch/2005/09/10/banded_larva-2/