# If stinging insects or caterpillars freak you out, do not look at the enclosed lonk. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 23, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-stinging-insects-or-caterpillars-freak-you-out-do-not-look-at-the-enclosed-lonk/369941 "2006-08-23T20:50:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-stinging-insects-or-caterpillars-freak-you-out-do-not-look-at-the-enclosed-lonk/369941/41 "2006-08-24T07:29:50Z")
[QUOTE=danceswithcats] What would a hornless Lonk honk? His honkerchief? [/QUOTE] Heh stupid yankees! The hornless lonk would reciprocally lonk the nearest _other_ hornless lonk’s lonk! And I’ve been told they’ll lonk even horned lonk’s lonk too, so watch yourself. (insert mean-spirited redneck lonk smilie here) ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-stinging-insects-or-caterpillars-freak-you-out-do-not-look-at-the-enclosed-lonk/369941/42 "2006-08-24T07:34:08Z")
Oh snap. That wasps’ nest looks like something out of Alien. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-stinging-insects-or-caterpillars-freak-you-out-do-not-look-at-the-enclosed-lonk/369941/43 "2006-08-24T07:36:14Z")
I’m generally not afraid of insects. I was, however, afraid of a lonk. Once. In 1960. For twenty minutes–OW! Why are you hitting me?!? _OW!_ ---
**Author:** ![Foldup\_Rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Foldup\_Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foldup_Rabbit)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-stinging-insects-or-caterpillars-freak-you-out-do-not-look-at-the-enclosed-lonk/369941/44 "2006-08-24T13:48:08Z")
Okay, the worst part about the tenet caterpillar lonk is that I absolutely could not stop myself from _continuing to scroll down_. Gah. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-stinging-insects-or-caterpillars-freak-you-out-do-not-look-at-the-enclosed-lonk/369941/45 "2006-08-24T15:09:05Z")
[QUOTE=Foldup Rabbit] Okay, the worst part about the tenet caterpillar lonk is that I absolutely could not stop myself from _continuing to scroll down_. Gah. [/QUOTE] Wait, these caterpillars work for the [CIA](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_J._Tenet) ? ---
**Author:** ![Foldup\_Rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Foldup\_Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foldup_Rabbit)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-stinging-insects-or-caterpillars-freak-you-out-do-not-look-at-the-enclosed-lonk/369941/46 "2006-08-24T15:20:39Z")
TENT, darn it all. TENT. Is this the official typo thread? ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-stinging-insects-or-caterpillars-freak-you-out-do-not-look-at-the-enclosed-lonk/369941/47 "2006-08-24T16:31:00Z")
[QUOTE=Foldup Rabbit] TENT, darn it all. TENT. Is this the official typo thread? [/QUOTE] Yse. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-stinging-insects-or-caterpillars-freak-you-out-do-not-look-at-the-enclosed-lonk/369941/48 "2006-08-24T17:39:50Z")
Whew. I managed to get all the way to the bottom of this thread without clicking on any links. Bugs squick me out. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-stinging-insects-or-caterpillars-freak-you-out-do-not-look-at-the-enclosed-lonk/369941/49 "2006-08-24T17:52:19Z")
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! :eek: Why, oh, why do I read these threads??? I’m _never_ going to get to sleep tonight. Somebody \*please \* tell me that those caterpillars at least turn into stunningly beautiful butterflies. All hail the giant-balled Lonk! We have witnessed his lonkiness and weep in wonder. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-stinging-insects-or-caterpillars-freak-you-out-do-not-look-at-the-enclosed-lonk/369941/50 "2006-08-24T18:12:44Z")
[QUOTE=Surly Chick] Somebody \*please \* tell me that those caterpillars at least turn into stunningly beautiful butterflies. [/QUOTE] Apparently not: > [@](#): > > Adult tent-caterpillar moths are small, brownish items you wouldn’t look at twice. sayeth [Backyard Nature](http://www.backyardnature.net/caterpil.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-stinging-insects-or-caterpillars-freak-you-out-do-not-look-at-the-enclosed-lonk/369941/51 "2006-08-24T18:16:47Z")
[QUOTE=Foldup Rabbit] TENT, darn it all. TENT. Is this the official typo thread? [/QUOTE] The tenet caterpillar is much more dependent upon doctrine and dogma. Sort of the insect cognate of the tent evangelist. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-stinging-insects-or-caterpillars-freak-you-out-do-not-look-at-the-enclosed-lonk/369941/52 "2006-08-24T18:21:15Z")
[QUOTE=Ellen Cherry] Apparently not: sayeth [Backyard Nature](http://www.backyardnature.net/caterpil.htm) [/QUOTE] I found a picture … it’s a PDF, though–beware. [Tent Catepillar Butterfly Lonk](http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dpae/pubs/butterfly1.pdf#search=%22tent%20caterpillar%20butterfly%22) ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-stinging-insects-or-caterpillars-freak-you-out-do-not-look-at-the-enclosed-lonk/369941/53 "2006-08-24T19:00:15Z")
[QUOTE=Ellen Cherry] I found a picture … it’s a PDF, though–beware. [Tent Catepillar Butterfly Lonk](http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dpae/pubs/butterfly1.pdf#search=%22tent%20caterpillar%20butterfly%22) [/QUOTE] Heh. “Hairy, heavy body.” How appropriately lonk-like. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-stinging-insects-or-caterpillars-freak-you-out-do-not-look-at-the-enclosed-lonk/369941/54 "2006-08-24T19:10:18Z")
[QUOTE=Surly Chick] Heh. “Hairy, heavy body.” How appropriately lonk-like. [/QUOTE] Yes, but does it have hairy balls? ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-stinging-insects-or-caterpillars-freak-you-out-do-not-look-at-the-enclosed-lonk/369941/55 "2006-08-24T19:20:41Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] Yes, but does it have hairy balls? [/QUOTE] Certainly nothing approaching the size of Mighty Lonk’s. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-stinging-insects-or-caterpillars-freak-you-out-do-not-look-at-the-enclosed-lonk/369941/56 "2006-08-25T03:39:44Z")
Yes, but is it a 1920’s style death lonk? Owww…go back to hitting **Kythereia**. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-stinging-insects-or-caterpillars-freak-you-out-do-not-look-at-the-enclosed-lonk/369941/57 "2006-08-25T11:22:23Z")
Just like to say, I’m lanky and from Lancs. Does that make _me_ a Lonk? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-stinging-insects-or-caterpillars-freak-you-out-do-not-look-at-the-enclosed-lonk/369941/58 "2006-08-25T12:03:40Z")
It’s a little-known fact that tent caterpillars are the subject of scorn and ridicule from the more upmarket _mobile home_ caterpillars, whereas both groups look down with equal derision upon _static trailer_ caterpillars. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-stinging-insects-or-caterpillars-freak-you-out-do-not-look-at-the-enclosed-lonk/369941/59 "2006-08-25T12:07:58Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] It’s a little-known fact that tent caterpillars are the subject of scorn and ridicule from the more upmarket _mobile home_ caterpillars, whereas both groups look down with equal derision upon _static trailer_ caterpillars. [/QUOTE] Water out nose. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-stinging-insects-or-caterpillars-freak-you-out-do-not-look-at-the-enclosed-lonk/369941/60 "2006-08-25T12:43:16Z")
[QUOTE=indecisive1] Hey, didn’t your other Lonk lonk state the Lonk was hornless? [/QUOTE] Homeless lonks are a problem in rural areas as well as large urban centers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-stinging-insects-or-caterpillars-freak-you-out-do-not-look-at-the-enclosed-lonk/369941.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-stinging-insects-or-caterpillars-freak-you-out-do-not-look-at-the-enclosed-lonk/369941.md?page=4)