So, this little guy nearly bought it when I caught it eating the still-forming buds on my Robyn grevillea, but then I thought I might like to see which particular butterfly was responsible, so I took some pictures and decided to keep an eye on it, so I knew when it pupated. The first shot - caterpillar happily nibbling on flower buds: Yup - definitely nibbling: And here's another view. Note the little yellow lumps near its back end. Same day, but it was one of those cloudy days with variegated light. And it kept nibbling for quite some time: Stretching out to get the more tasty tidbits, and using its hind feet to keep a firm grip on the branch. Eventually it looped back on itself... ...and headed into denser foliage. It didn't always move in a straight line... How come caterpillars have more feet than butterflies? Eventually, it got into some much thicker growth (well, for a young grevillea, anyway), meaning it was somewhat prot
An
Anthology of Those Who Walk Among Us, the third of
the Simpson Anthologies, has been released on Amazon and Smashwords. This collection
of short stories is set around the theme that not everyone who appears to be
human is human, that there are other races hiding amongst us, and that there
might be a concrete reason why legends of shapeshifters and vampires exist. An Anthology of Those Who Walk Among Us
is approximately 19,500 words in length and contains the previously published
short stories:
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