Ugh...stupid wooly worms!

[Judy, Meg & Polly Wolly Doodle]

Meg found a wooly worm today (people in our area think you can predict what kind of winter you will have by looking at them, I never got the hang of that.)  Meg thought it was an interesting creature and pawed it around on the porch for a bit.  I thought it was dead, pushed it off the porch and headed for the yard, Meg did a sharp U-turn and grabbed it up with her mouth and ran...it was as if she NEVER heard the leave it command in her life.  I have to confess I am not a bug person and while I can generally hold my hand under her mouth and say drop it, I was not going to have her drop a bug into my hand.  She ate it!  I did not know the fur on them was so harsh and she hacked and coughed for hours and tried to eat all the grass she could.  I finally decided a piece of bread might help push any residual 'wool' down and it helped a lot.  Hope she learned her lesson, wooly worms may be fun toys but they are not good meals.

[Ricki and Tara (doodle)]

I see a Woolly Bear Rescue in our future...

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Yes, there might be a great need, especially if there are doodles eating them, lol! 

[Ricki and Tara (doodle)]

What a terrible way to go...:(...sign me up! ;)

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

You will be a great Woolly Bear foster! 

[Bonnie and Kona]

hahahaha I don't think they live long enough to go through the vetting process for prospective adopters. 

[Lucy & AnnaBelle's Mom]

Oh and please don't bring in any litermates or we will never be able to get them a home in time, ugh!

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

LOL

[Sheila & Finnley]

Love them ! ♥ The Wooly Bears that is. The smaller the brown stripe, the more severe the winter is supposed to be !

 

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

OMD!  Seriously!  My son is dating the most lovely girl.  She came over last week and was petting a woolly bear.  I said nothing but I was thinking, ' I hate whimpy chicks, and she is not one of them. I love her'

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Me too. We caterpillar petters are awesome, lol! 

[Sheila & Finnley]

Caterpillar's are OK to pick up. NEVER a spider or grasshopper... yuck. Ladybugs are fine, and so are most other beatles, like the ones I remove from my garden. Just pulled a baby Praying Mantis off from Finnley's beard recently. Most bugs are OK I guess, and the same for garden type snakes.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Snakes is where we part company, lol. Any kind of snake.