Monarch caterpillar

[fishman10]

Macro photographs of a monarch caterpillar.

Monarch Caterpillar (http://www.gather.com/viewSlideshow.action?albumId=34390)

[youngster]

Nice pics. Always love finding these guys around.
I like Wooly bears more though vvv
http://members.cox.net/tunias_travels/WoolyBearCaterpillar.jpg

[alessia55]

Great pics! Thanks for sharing. I don't actually think I've ever seen a caterpillar in the wild. Where did you find this one? In what state?

[youngster]

I don't actually think I've ever seen a caterpillar in the wild

Whaaaa....?
You've never seen a caterpillar?
That's insane, I see several a day on good days.

[alessia55]

Whaaaa....?
You've never seen a caterpillar?
That's insane, I see several a day on good days.

... I'm actually glad I don't... Butterflies/moths/dragonflies are my one and only true fear :eek:

Edit: When I was younger my parents decided to take me to a butterfly farm exhibition thing at a museum to "prove I was just being silly".... I fainted and had to be carried out by the security guy :p Ever since, I was given permission to always do PE in highschool indoors to avoid panicking in a field of dragonflies :eek:

[youngster]

Wow, that sucks.
I had brontophobia (lightning) and I couldn't imagine having a phobia of dragonflies

[Gungirl]

WOW on both of those. I don't know anything about having a fear of that sorts. I am afraid of nothing that I can think of within reason. Glad to see that you got over your fear Eli. I LOVE watching lightning storms. How did you break your fear?

Alessia, have you ever tried to face your fear in very small bits and get past it?

[alessia55]

WOW on both of those. I don't know anything about having a fear of that sorts. I am afraid of nothing that I can think of within reason. Glad to see that you got over your fear Eli. I LOVE watching lightning storms. How did you break your fear?

Alessia, have you ever tried to face your fear in very small bits and get past it?

Yes, actually! I was put through exposure therapy at one point for several months. Unfortunately it didn't do much for me. It helped a liiiiitle bit though: If I see one at a distance, I'm OK with it. I'm just not OK with being near one. I faint, run, or have an anxiety attack. If someone put one in a jar and locked it shut really, really, tight, I'm OK looking at it through the glass ;) Not sure where the far came from though- it's an irrational fear 100% that I've had as long as my parents and I can remember. I'm not afraid of anything else without reason. :sorry:

/sorry for hijacking this thread :p

[youngster]

How did you break your fear?

It just gradually faded once I got older and more educated.
I used to have to have a panic attack and lock myself in my closet with a bunch of pillows :p

[Gungirl]

I used to have to have a panic attack and lock myself in my closet with a bunch of pillows :p

I'm glad it faded but that is cute! lol

[fishman10]

Great pics! Thanks for sharing. I don't actually think I've ever seen a caterpillar in the wild. Where did you find this one? In what state?

This was photographed in Austin Texas at the Zilker Botanical Gardens. But they can be found all over.

[Will0W783]

I used to be terrified of scorpions, so scared I would shiver when I looked at them in cages in pet stores, until a really nice guy in a Petco took one out and held it to show me it wasn't so terrible. I ended up holding the emperor scorp too, and took it home! I've since loved them.