Victim of the Very Hungry Caterpillar?

Walking back from the centre of York along the riverside footpath, Katharine and I noticed these large leaves, which looked more like lace!

Large numbers of leaves were affected along a stretch of about 100 yards of the riverside. Was the Very Hungry Caterpillar responsible?

The leaves themselves are known here as Dock leaves, and are an excellent antidote if you are suffering from stings by nettles. Just rub these leaves on the affected area of skin and the soreness disappears - and the neat thing is that both plants require the same growing conditions and are often found growing together.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar? - another reference back to childhood. The picture book The Very Hungry Caterpillar was very popular when both Louise and Lucy were little.

Ian

[CINDY JOHNSON]

its amazing what they can do ! cool capture

[Graham Thresher]

A great find and capture.

[Margaret Obey]

Great capture, I too thought lace before reading what you'd said!

[Denise fuller]

The caterpillar was VERY hungry or invited his pals too, nice commentary to go with the picture

[Pyrrhula]

Great find and capture of this leaf with all those beautiful textures made by a caterpillar. Fav.

[Dianne]

Great shot. Yes, our 4 kids loved that book too, and it is still popular in NZ.

[Berni Crumb]

I love the sharpness of this photo. Definitely a very very hungry caterpillar was responsible. I remember the book from my youth and then my time as a young mother reading it to my kids, and then listening them reading it aloud themselves. :-)

[julia]

.. a very hungry caterpillar .. great shot.. yep a popular book in this household and with the grandies here too.. had to do a Hungry Caterpiller birthday cake a couple of years ago..

[Lynne Hart]

Really good title for this lacy shot, have many happy memories of teaching practice and using the Very Hungry Caterpillar book with the children.

[Ivan]

VERY hungry!

[Tony]

Lovely capture and you've evoked distant memories of that book.

[Hazel A]

Makes a lovely natural texture

[Pete Roberts]

Good photo of something a bit different

[Fisher Family]

@pittcj17

Thank you Cindy, glad you like it!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@thresheg

Thank you Graham - I was amazed at the extent of the destruction.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@ceilidh

Thank you Margaret, the damage does make an interesting effect!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@denisefuller

Thank you Denise - I was amazed at the amount of destruction.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@pyrrhula

Thank you Ferry - and thank you for the fav! I haven't seen damage as great as this before.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@dide

Thank you Dianne - both my grandchildren love the story. Perhaps I should show them these leaves!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@bernicrumb

Thank you Berni - it's lovely when a story is passed from generation to generation.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@julzmaioro

Thank you Julia - I suspect I can guess who played the role of caterpillar when you made the cake!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@lhart

Thank you Lynne - my children loved the story when they were young, and now my grandchildren love it too.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@ivan

Thank you Ivan - and this was just one of a great many leaves that had been attacked!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@tonydebont

Thank you Tony - that story is one that passes from generation to generation.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@purplehaze12

Thank you Hazel - it is a fascinating pattern.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@pjr

Thank you Pete, glad you like it.

Ian

[Therese]

Great shot, I hope the plant can make a recovery!

[Fisher Family]

@monkeykid

Thank you Therese - the leaf does look rather destroyed!

Ian

[Kathy A]

That's amazing. My grandsons enjoy that book just as my children did.