nanonaturalist:

In celebration of my HAVING INTERNET AT HOME, allow me to share one of my new babies.

This is a Walnut Sphinx caterpillar. They scream when you touch them. It’s to scare off birds. It works on humans too.

October 18, 2018

I found one of these once! Only I didn’t know they could do that.

Lemme tell ya, trying to pick up the seemingly innocuous caterpillar on the sidewalk, only to have it shriek and wrap around your finger, is very startling.