I'm also in a relationship with an awesome guy, check him out here. He's an awesome guy and I know he's the one. Like, seriously, I KNOW. I thought I was ready for marriage with my guy until something crazy happened in my life. It made me realize I didn't know much about myself. There was so much that I needed to learn before I made that next big step. I don't know when we'll be ready for the next big step, but I'm in this for the long run.
So now that I'm done with my little introduction, on to my first topic! MONSTERS IN THE TREES!
After work I decided to go on a run with Pumpkin (my lovely Min Pin). Just a short run. It normally takes about 15 minutes to run the small trail I normally use, but this time it took just a little bit longer. The first day of spring was this past Tuesday so that means my worst enemies are now out and about. No, not pollen. God has blessed me with no allergies. Not spiders or crickets, although they both creep me out still. There's only one thing that makes my skin crawl and makes me soooo angry!!! They're everywhere and they leave a mess wherever they go. They're inch worms!!!! They're the most annoying, small, creepy crawly things I've ever laid eyes on. They get everywhere and once you've gotten rid of one there are thousands more in the trees. Once I started approaching the trees on my run I could see the silk they made shining on the street signs and down the tree branches. As I got closer I saw them. Some we brown and some were green, but they all did that funky crawly thing that do where they look like this:
Ugh!!!! It just makes my stomach crawl! There's so green!!! Yuck!!!
When I thought I was in the clear from running under the trees I looked down and saw a brown one on my leg! I almost freaked out! But I had to keep my composure because cars were passing by and I didn't want to look crazy. Anyways, as I was running past the trees and up the hill when a question popped into my head. What the heck is an inch worm really and what is it's purpose? Why on earth is something so annoying, yucky looking, and green on this earth. God made everything on this Earth for a reason so what's up with these nasty worms?
Well I went over to Wikipedia and found out what they were.
Inchworms are the caterpillars of geometer moths. That's right, baby moths! Ugly little annoying baby moths! They make their silk all over the place and eat up all the plants!
InfoPlease.com says:
inchworms lack appendages in the middle portion of their body, causing them to have a characteristic looping gait. They have three pairs of true legs at the front end, like other caterpillars, but only two or three pairs of prolegs (larval abdominal appendages), located at the rear end. An inchworm moves by drawing its hind end forward while holding on with the front legs, then advancing its front section while holding on with the prolegs. Inchworms have smooth, hairless bodies, usually about 1 in. (2.5 cm) long. They are green, brown, or black and in many species have irregular projections that cause them to resemble the twigs of the trees they feed on. Many inchworms, when disturbed, stand erect and motionless on the prolegs, increasing the resemblance. Certain destructive inchworms are called cankerworms.
Read more: inchworm — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0825073.html#ixzz1pthKhu9O
Doesn't that sound so gross to you? Now here's how they look when they grow up.
So yeah, these nasty little creatures are making my peaceful evening run a mess. But it's cool. With the weather so nice out and with the extra day light I'd have to be a fool to pass up the opportunity to run just a little bit longer....
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