divewench
Watched with wonder yesterday as my landlady cautiously removed something from my garden shrub using laundry tongs, is it a scorpion, a snake, I wondered? Why the look of terror?Closer inspection on the offending critter...............a fat green caterpillar, about 3-4 cmsshe took about 10 minutes searching the bush for more, but had only found the one, but my questions is, what's the big deal? Is he deadly? Does the silk he spins contain something that will inevitable kill my tree? She didn't take him away, so he wasn't food (she seems to eat most other things)! He was squished under a flip flop :CAnyone else had issues with caterpillars in Bali? :icon_eek:
Markit
I had a similar experience about 3 months ago when "my Wayan" came and suggested we cut down a small tree (10 meters but thin), one of several similar breeds that are on the property. Upon asking him why, as he is generally very garden/green/plants pro, he took me over and showed maybe a score of these small black hairy caterpilars on the tree. When I asked him if they are poisonous the reply was "No, but not good". Of course I asked him again why but just got the same reply. Well I told him to leave the tree but spray it with bug juice and the outcome is that tree is fine and the caterpillars are gone. No idea what is/was going on either.
sherm
Tomcats? Tidak baik!
tintin
Closer inspection on the offending critter...............a fat green caterpillar, about 3-4 cmsAnyone else had issues with caterpillars in Bali? :icon_eek:[/QUOTE]Some years ago, in my garden, I reached in a bush for something on the ground (I forgot what or why). As my head entered the bush, some branches scraped my face, and suddenly I felt a burn near my eye. It was VERY painful and I jumped out fast, screaming bloody murder. The pembantu, hearing the commotion, came over. I could not explain what happen, as I was in real pain, but my wife, who was nearby, did. In no time, the pembantu produced a fat green caterpillar. Then, if I remember well, he made a concoction with some leaves from that same bush, and applied it on the wound. I don't know if it helped at all, but I do know that it stung badly the rest of the day, and the next morning I was still feeling some "burning." I can only imagine what would have happened if that little green critter had stung me in the eye... PS. I never learned the name of this little green caterpillar, although the pembantu certainly knew it was not a nice thing to have around.
Natasha
My experience with the caterpillars is that they will eat up your entire garden, and fast!!! If you see them, get rid of them!!
tom
A guest at our homestay was recently trekking the jungle in Sumatra. He showed me a sequence of fotos taken over a span of a few days where his face was extremely swollen. He was told by his guides that he had been bitten by a catepillar. I guess to some Indonesiand if it doesn't kill you it's not poisinous, just "bad".
tintin
My experience with the caterpillars is that they will eat up your entire garden, and fast!!! If you see them, get rid of them!![/QUOTE]You're right, Natasha, caterpillars, any caterpillars, eat the leaves of the plants, which in turn, kill the plants : that what they do in life (I guess that was God's plan!). But I believe these green ones also sting like hell (another God's plan?), if you happen just to brush them: that's their defense against predators, and believe me, it hurts!
balibule
I have heard they can eat a goat at once!
Markit
What like the goat is casually walking under a tree thinking Goatee things and they all-of-a-sudden jump on him and wrestle him to the ground?
balibule
What like the goat is casually walking under a tree thinking Goatee things and they all-of-a-sudden jump on him and wrestle him to the ground?[/QUOTE]Yes. Quite amazing.
Markit
Whatever you've been smoking I'm sure is punishable in Indonesia.
balibule
Try licking one of those caterpillars
mugwump
Some years ago, in my garden, I reached in a bush for something on the ground (I forgot what or why). As my head entered the bush, some branches scraped my face, and suddenly I felt a burn near my eye. It was VERY painful and I jumped out fast, screaming bloody murder. The pembantu, hearing the commotion, came over. I could not explain what happen, as I was in real pain, but my wife, who was nearby, did. In no time, the pembantu produced a fat green caterpillar. Then, if I remember well, he made a concoction with some leaves from that same bush, and applied it on the wound. I don't know if it helped at all, but I do know that it stung badly the rest of the day, and the next morning I was still feeling some "burning." I can only imagine what would have happened if that little green critter had stung me in the eye... PS. I never learned the name of this little green caterpillar, although the pembantu certainly knew it was not a nice thing to have around.[/QUOTE]No s**t! Can't imagine such a thing in Boston?
tintin
No s**t! Can't imagine such a thing in Boston?[/QUOTE]Obviously, it was in my garden in Bali.:icon_rolleyes::icon_rolleyes:
mugwump
Obviously, it was in my garden in Bali.:icon_rolleyes::icon_rolleyes:[/QUOTE]Well I certainly hope these horrible creatures aren't found all over Bali. Where (if it isn't too personal) do you presently reside in Bali?
tintin
As indicated under my name, I am now in Boston. My house was in Nyuh Kuning, and I know that these little critters are all over Bali.
no.idea
My house was in Nyuh Kuning, and I know that these little critters are all over Bali.[/QUOTE]Which of course explains the lack of goats around the place. Which further explains why there is no goat cheese available in the area Markit lives.
mugwump
As indicated under my name, I am now in Boston. My house was in Nyuh Kuning, and I know that these little critters are all over Bali.[/QUOTE]Just curious, when were you in Bali last?
Markit
Cheese addiction seems to have taken on a life of its own. Well at the moment I've given in to my need and taken a flying machine to the Kingdom of Cheese (England) to wallow in shitty weather and yellow, rotten milk. Am frantically trying to figure out how much of the golden substance (Red Liecester, Cheddar, etc.) I can bring back and digest before nature takes it's toll. If there is anything worse than having no cheese it's have too much and not being able to "get around" it before it turns to truly rotten milk. Have tried freezing it but that just dries it out - any suggestions will be rewarded in the great Molkerei in the sky.
Anbar
The Kingdom of Cheese starts at the other side of the channel:friendly_wink:If you are buying from a real cheese place, NOT A SUERMARKET,They usually wrap it in a type of foil with a grease type lining, Wrap this all tightly with cling film and then freeze it, For the trip back pack it still frozen in a tupperware type container, It works for Compte cheese which is similar type of cheese. Do not forget the branston or pickled onions. Enjoy the weather.
