My new "pet" Pillie :)

[DaneMama]

That's an amazing new "pet" you have! I'd certainly do exactly what you're doing! I actually am fascinated with bugs...especially really cool ones! In Denver we had a pet spider who lived on our front porch and would spin the most intricate webs. We would even feed her....yep....we are those people lol.

Keep updating with pictures!!!

[xellil]

Yea I was thinking something along those lines...it would just be for Saturday into Sunday, until the worst gusts and downpours are over. I knew I should have kept all my darn fish tanks after my bettas all died!

Just don't keep him in your room, and stuff towels under the door. A chair under the doorknob probably wouldn't hurt, either. And make sure you keep your mouth closed when you sleep :)

We are spider people also. We had one in the corner of our basement for 7 years - I guess it wasn't the same spider, but it was the same web. When we sold the house, I felt like a murderer because i knew the first thing the next people would do would be to kill the spider.

And giant garden spiders in Texas - evening entertainment was throwing grasshoppers into their webs!

[schtuffy]

And giant garden spiders in Texas - evening entertainment was throwing grasshoppers into their webs!

Wow, that sounds cool! (sorry grasshopper ) My parents used to have ant problems in their house, so I would always toss some ants to the spiders. They would always eventually stop eating them though, I think I read somewhere that ants are hard for them to digest or something.

So an update on Pillie...my husband actually said he didn't spot him in the tree yesterday, so when I came home the first thing I did was to go check on him. I scoured the tree (sometimes he was hard to spot, but I would usually locate him within a minute or two), and there was no sign of him. I scoured it again before going out to dinner, and again this morning. I hope he just decided he ate enough and was ready to burrow into the ground...but I can't help but worry that some kid plucked him away or a bird got to him Perhaps he decided to retire early because the hurricane was coming. That's what I'm going to tell myself in my little naive head! I really am sad that he's gone...it's a weird feeling walking past the tree and not seeing him.

I guess if I really think about it, his 35 days were just about up. The last day I saw him he was so high in the tree though, that I couldn't tell if he had reached the point where he turned turquoise. I think if I saw him turquoise, I would have come to terms and said my goodbyes. But one day he was there, and the next he was gone! Ah well...it was truly a great experience. I hope I get to see another one some day...

[3Musketeers]

Wow, he's a giant one, never sen a caterpillar bigger than your hand >_<. Only teeny tiny ones.
Maybe just cut the branch, or a few branches and keep him in until the hurricane passes, then put him back outside. Maybe you can put the branch/branches in a vase or something.

[lozzibear]

Oh, he/she is soooooo cool!

[chowder]

That was really a cool bug! I am not really a fan of the caterpillars because usually when I find them they are in the middle of devouring my tomato plants or my azalea's. But he/she was a neat looking one!

I like them better when they grow up and turn into butterfly's. I have a butterfly garden and they will actually land on my shoulders sometimes. Maybe you'll see your guy in the spring now that you know to look for him!

[xellil]

Well, that's too bad. Surely he is underground now. Maybe he knew the storm was coming, and went to safety. Animals are smarter than us.

[wags]

I like your husbands version~Flesh eating Monster! Now thats funny and ummm sorry but I am with him there! Ewww crazy looking bugger!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!