Woolly bear caterpillar predicts end of the world starting in 2015

The end of days, Ragnarök, Armageddon, the apocalypse… we’ve all heard the predictions of a catastrophic end-of-the-world scenario, or at least the end of the world as we know it. The biblical Book of Revelation predicted it. The Mayan Calendar …

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The Whimsical Wait for a Colorful Spring

Allie February 28, 2015

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Today is a whimsical day. Looking out at the rare Georgia snow, I am ready for the mellow days of Spring. My sweatpants are neon zebra-striped fuzzies in lime green, hot pink, lemon yellow, royal blue, black, white, and psychedelic …

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Drunken Stinging Wasp

Allie July 4, 2014

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If you’re planning a hike along a path called Bumblebee Ridge, don’t wear flowery lotion or perfume. Yes, I did it and I won’t do it again! It was our 6th wedding anniversary and we were hiking in FDR State …

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Robber Fly Cannibal

Allie June 29, 2014

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It was a beautiful fall day in Georgia when a hummingbird startled me by buzzing my head. We had a colony of hummingbirds as we regularly fed them but they never buzzed my head unless I was standing near their …

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Dung Beetle Myths

Allie June 26, 2014

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The universe does provide and it leads you along interesting paths if you let it. We found a dead beetle. It was gigantic so it was potential fodder for the blog. It was in pristine condition for photos so I …

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Fuzzy White Caterpillar

Allie June 12, 2014

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Some bugs are easy to identify such as the Saddleback Caterpillar and Cow Killer Wasp, others are more difficult to identify such as this fuzzy white caterpillar. All four photos are of the same caterpillar from different angles and against …

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Stung by a Saddleback Caterpillar

Allie June 8, 2014

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We encountered our first Saddleback Caterpillar two years ago. We turned the caterpillar into a photo opp and added him to the blog after doing some research and finding out how nasty his stingers could be. Thankfully we had not …

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Lime Green and Brown Saddleback Caterpillar

Allie May 24, 2014

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Only in Georgia do you find every manner of bizarre and nasty bug imaginable and our one acre seemed to house the worst of them. We’d found two inch long dung beetles, scorpions, black widows, cow killer wasps, fire ants, …

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Giant, Scary Hairy Ants

Allie May 24, 2014

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You don’t have to go to the Amazon jungle to find strange and bizarre creatures. They might be living in your own backyard. The state of Georgia has an abundance of giant bugs, creepy bugs, nasty bugs and cool bugs. …

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Big Hairy Spider

Allie May 24, 2014

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The spider web was a gigantic maze of concentric circles just outside our front door. The spider’s web connected the front porch roof to the front porch railing. Right in the center of the giant spider web was a big …

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