The World of Bugs

My entomology class went on another field trip down the road today. Among other things, I found this huge caterpillar, commonly known as the woolly bear. I've never seen one before, and I was afraid to touch it. Anyway, here is a picture of it, already in a preservation jar, so please ignore the glare.


I also found this really huge awesome beetle just outside the science building. It has rows of green spots going down its' back. You can see a few of them if you look really hard.

And here is my collection so far, minus the caterpillars:

And a close up of the big moth, because everyone seems to really like that one:

In other news, I finished as much of the pink scarf as I plan on doing for a while. I want to do the hat that will go with it, and then use any left over yarn from that to make the scarf longer. Currently it is only about 51 inches long, and it's really thick. If I had a better idea of what the finished product was going to be like before I started, I would have modified it to only one cable with a garter stitch boarder in order to make it less wide and more usable. I mean, perhaps if I lived in a place where snow was a regular occurrence in the winter, then perhaps it would fit in better. But here, snow is a once every so many years occasion. I consider weather where I can see my breath as weather that you should stay inside for. Maybe I should move to Hawaii.