Today’s theme is “wild,” which can have various interpretations: wild/crazy, wild/untame; wild/amazing. I didn’t know what to choose! I don’t have any wild animals around here that I could photopgraph, but we do have a lot of bugs around here. Hey, insects are wild, right? And they are wild as in crazy, untame, AND amazing, right?
Here’s a photo of some “wild” bugs.
This would be a great photo for “disgusting,” too, don’t you think?
These nasty little critters are the European sawfly, and they find Scotch and Mugo pines very delicious. I discovered them chewing up two of my pines in the front yard. It was HORRIFYING. You can read more about the adventure here, where I blogged about it.
These caterpillars almost completely defoliated one of my pines. Because the infestation was so severe, the kids and I had to handpick them. That was wild, yeah. :S We had to plop their squishy little bodies into buckets of soapy water, to drown them. It took us FOUR HOURS. Ugh!
Other wild things I found:
Here’s a wild swamp. It’s Nichols Pond, in Smithfield, NY. It used to be the ancient land of the Iroquois Oneida Indians. They were attacked here in 1615, by Samuel de Champlain and the Canadian Huron Indians. I’ve been in a lot of forests and swamplands, but this one just creeped me out. I don’t know why, it was just a creepy place. And very wild.
Here’s a stuffed beaver gone wild. My son is terrified, obviously.
And here are some wild monkeys in a tree. Wonder how they got there?
So how did your Photo Hunt go today?
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September 13th, 2008 at 9:55 am
Ugggg…that first photo is disgusting! Great photography though…but how could you sleep knowing those were there! lol….I’m glad I did not have to clean them up.
The rest of the photos are just wild too!
September 13th, 2008 at 9:58 am
A wonderful look at “wild” in many forms! Those caterpillars are scary wild - just too many of them in one place, LOL. Have a happy weekend!
September 13th, 2008 at 10:02 am
HAHAHA! Love the beaver attack!
OMG! Those caterpillars are nasty!! I wonder if you could spray for those. I bet pulling those critters off every season would get old, fast!
September 13th, 2008 at 10:05 am
Oh my gosh! I just got chicken skin from those nasty varmint. GROSS! Makes my skin crawl (you actually touched those things?), but it’s a great photo. Monkeys in a tree-I can relate to that one. Love the wall mural in the wild beaver photo. Great entries. Have a great weekend.
September 13th, 2008 at 10:11 am
That first pic is great but quite creepy! And love the variety of the other wild pics!
September 13th, 2008 at 10:18 am
great entry, those are some “wild and crazy guys” in the tree.
September 13th, 2008 at 10:19 am
They are a menace aren’t they. I would rather deal with them I think than stripping ticks off the goats ears.
Those were the days.
September 13th, 2008 at 11:04 am
They are all great but the bugs are incredible.
Well done.
September 13th, 2008 at 11:24 am
The first picture is awesome..
I’ll run far-far away when i see those..hehehe
September 13th, 2008 at 11:25 am
They are all great, but that first one with the worms or caterpillars takes the prize for me! Thanks for sharing! Mine is up, too!
September 13th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Very neat picture of the bugs
September 13th, 2008 at 11:37 am
You had me with the bugs. Those things aren’t just wild, they’re dangerous! Poor little pines.
September 13th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Yikes! Those bugs are disgusting, but what a great picture!
September 13th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Wild,yes — disgusting, yes — well the first two shot. I can’t imagine having to pick them off by hand. I might have just given them the trees. :0 YUCK!!! But the kids — maybe wild in a good way.
September 13th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Great shots. Those sawfly look horrible but they make for an excellent photo. Happy weekend
September 13th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Okay…my skin is crawling and I think I would have just cut down the tree and planted a new one! Gross!
September 13th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
I’m glad you said it, because I was thinking those caterpillars or whatever they are were disgusting! Wow you have some pretty daring kids, picking them off, I don’t think my kids would want to hand pick them off! Or me for that matter. That is wild! All the other pics are great too!
September 13th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Yuck-o! I have never seen so many bugs all in one place before. It does not sound like a very fun job picking them all off! Playing in the tree seems like much more fun!
September 13th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
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September 13th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
That is yucky… Ewwww.. I hate bugs and worms and anything creepy crawly. lol
By the way, how do you add that Mister Linky?? I would love to do that.. Thanks..
September 13th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
those are nasty and disgusting looking never mind wild - great wriggly photo too LOL
September 13th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
Oh ewwwww! Mine’s a caterpillar too, but he’s fuzzy and he came alone. I can’t imagine having to hand pick hundreds of those things off a tree. You’re a better woman than I am. The photo, however, is very good. It’s amazing you got such a wide depth of field there.
Love the shots of your other “wild things” too!
September 14th, 2008 at 12:11 am
Yea…I’m with everyone else those caterpillar things look disgusting.
I’m amazed you got your kids to touch them.
September 14th, 2008 at 10:54 am
the riot of worms is a steal! nice effort!