COLUMN OF CATERPILLARS.
Whilst staying in the Riverina ii | the early spring of 1022 I had the good j fortune to see a column ol' tlie proces E sion caterpillar wending its way from a group of Aleppo pines towards a suit able pubating ground (writes AT. E Bunyard in Xatureland). At first i thought it was a gigantic centipede, but on closer examination found it to be it file of 17 caterpillars in procession, each touching head to tale with its neighbour. The caterpillars measured about ljin. each, and were light brown, covered with hairs. They kept the line perfectly until, passing along a ridge, one from about the centre of the line fell over the edge. Immediately the caterpillar in front of tire one which fell out signalled by movement to the next one. and so on to the leader, who immediately stopped until the deserter had crawled back into position, when ! the procession continued, another signal having apparently been passed up that the line teas again complete. 1 saw this occurr twice, and in each case the line halted until reformed, and then continued on its way.
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Otaki Mail, 6 April 1923, Page 4
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