Before closing the book on the month of June 2009 and just a little late in the day here is June’s winner of Icky Thing of the Month.
I found it on ivy over a run down tomb at Burnham cemetary (see I went here…)
It is about an inch long and looks just like the sort of thing a toddler would not be able to resist eating. It was actually lying flat against the leaf when I spotted it; even while I was scrambling for the camera it brought itself up on the two (?) suckers (?) very slowly and steadily and stood there, on end while I photographed, before slowly lowering itself down again.
Absolutely not a clue what this might be
Unbelievable, except that I saw it with my own eyes. Even more amazing than the ladybird with patches in the shape of Australia.
Prosaic postscript: I’m told this is, or will be, a ladybird; and I will come back if there is any advance.
Too, too bizarre! Do you think it could be in the midst of a change? It looks like a caterpillar in the throws of changing into a chrysalis, though I don’t suppose it is, with two funny stick on feet. I hope you will post it if you find out.