vriad_lee | (no subject)

is that insect sex?

Of course not - 'tis the very rare pushme-pullyou moth!

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?

don't listen to him! it is in fact insect sex, and quite static i.e. there was no pushing nor pulling.

And don't you listen to him!

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,

vriad_lee!

don't believe him! it's a hoax! he photoshopped the other two antennas!

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!

And here's another one...

http://icons.wunderground.com/data/wximagenew/c/charlesimages/96.jpg

Convinced yet!?

you meddled with the time stamps.

p.s. you don't own what? should i send you a pirated copy?

nobody will believe you until you explain how it defecates

Well doh! Through an anus in its middle, of course! Where else would it be?

how boring! and i thought both ends took turns!

I'd much rather boring than that!

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/