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eclectech (eclectech@things.uk)'s status on Thursday, 06-Feb-2025 00:49:40 JST eclectech

Sometimes you just have to take your best guess at which end to boop, and keep your fingers crossed that you get it right 😬
#sillyScribbles #caterpillar #boop
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1. A close up photo of a fluffy black and orange caterpillar (possibly a Fox Moth Caterpillar, but I'm not sure). It is on a grey and pink rock, and has its head bent round as if looking round a corner. The focus is quite tight on the front, so as it stretches away both the caterpillar and rock become blurred. I have drawn a simple figure leaning in and booping the caterpillar on the nose. The word BOOP! has been scribbled above.
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  morph (morph@morphnet.de)'s status on Thursday, 06-Feb-2025 00:49:37 JST morph
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  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_processionary?wprov=sfla1 ⚠️
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    Oak processionary
    
    The oak processionary (OPM) (Thaumetopoea processionea) is a moth whose caterpillars can be found in oak forests, where they feed on oak leaves, causing significant damage. They travel in nose-to-tail processions (hence their name), often arrow-headed, with a leader followed by rows of several caterpillars abreast. They are a human irritant because of their venomous setae (specifically urticating hairs), which can cause skin irritation and asthma. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. Description The wingspan of adult stage days is between 25 and 35 millimetres (0.98 and 1.38 in). Their pattern of tan, brown and white makes the adults difficult to see against oak bark. Adults fly during July and August. The larvae construct communal nests of white silk from which they crawl at night in single file, head to tail in large processions to feed on foliage in the crowns of trees, returning in the same manner. Oak is its preferred food source, but the moth also eats the leaves of hazel, hornbeam, sweet chestnut, birch and...
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  eclectech (eclectech@things.uk)'s status on Thursday, 06-Feb-2025 00:49:39 JST eclectech
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  Public service announcement: better informed people than I suggest booping furry caterpillars to be a Generally Bad Idea (unless you're a doodlefolk, in which case it's fine) 😁
  
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  morph (morph@morphnet.de)'s status on Thursday, 06-Feb-2025 00:50:12 JST morph
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  eclectech (eclectech@things.uk)'s status on Thursday, 06-Feb-2025 00:50:13 JST eclectech
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  @morph FLUFF DANGER!
  It's not right.
  
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