Freaks of Nature

So it would appear that caterpillars all over my yard have congregated and come together to do the conga?


Caterpillar Conga on Vimeo

From what I can surmise, this is either some migratory pattern something or other, or they are doing their ritual death lineup. We find whole lines of them in the yard, exploded/oozing, but certainly not squished (as if run over by a car or something). I can only conclude that those who don't survive the line migration... spontaneously ooze? Very interesting.

The lineup in the video was the longest we've seen yet at 42 caterpillars.