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* Saddleback Caterpillar Moth *
    Well this is weird. Normally when I come home there's almost always plenty of odd creatures at my front door to greet me and I often take pictures of them.    Well, as if I needed any more strange critters at my door, it appears that some anonymous individual has left me a gift this time and made an impromptu request for today's "Biological" picture. When I arrived home late this Monday evening I was surprised to find at my front door a plastic jug with punctured air holes in the top and eight little Saddleback Caterpillars inside. Now I wonder if this person knew that the spines on the sides of these little creatures are actually mildly poisonous and, if touched, will sting. But then again, maybe this person knew that before they dropped them at my door. Hey, why not just plant a bomb under my car? If you want I'm sure that I could come up with plans for such a thing and change Monday's emails to "Homicidal Mondays". Sounds like a good name for that day anyhow. So, to make matters worse, I'm sitting here going through these creepy pictures of these caterpillars and writing this email when a huge Wolf spider runs right across my bare foot and scared me out of my wits. I'm starting to get really tired of this place.
    You may not believe this but I really HATE BUGS!! I've tried to face my fears and have even gone as far as holding a live black widow spider in my hands. But that didn't work.
I still HATE BUGS!!