Are hairy Molly's extinct?

Wetbench4 · 03-04-2011 12:50PM #1

Does anyone remember hairy mollys, those furry black caterpillars. There used to be loads of them around when i was a child, but it must be 20 years since I've seen one. What's that all about???

admiralofthefleet · 03-04-2011 12:51PM

i thought of something completely different when i saw the title of this thread

WoollyRedHat · 03-04-2011 12:52PM

I dunno, I'll go to the field and check.

pragmatic1 · 03-04-2011 12:52PM

Nah I seen loads of them last year.

Wetbench4 · 03-04-2011 12:52PM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

i thought of something completely different when i saw the title of this thread

The mind boggles

PeterIanStaker · 03-04-2011 12:53PM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

i thought of something completely different when i saw the title of this thread

Same as, I got poontang on the brain!

CoalBucket · 03-04-2011 12:55PM

Nah I saw her down the pub the other night alive and well

Gran Hermano · 03-04-2011 12:56PM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

i thought of something completely different when i saw the title of this thread

You mean the thread about Laois girls we had yesterday?

seanybiker · 03-04-2011 12:57PM

Didn't see one in a while meself. Must keep an eye out

Aoifey! · 03-04-2011 01:14PM

Haven't seen em in a while, but then again I don't play in the garden much anymore either so that could explain it.

03-04-2011 01:16PM

Well.. shaving/waxing/styling has become pretty fashionable as of late.

Super-Rush · 03-04-2011 01:20PM

Last time i saw one was when Bear Grylls was eating one.

--LOS-- · 03-04-2011 01:28PM

Ya know OP I've wondered this for many a year now! we used to call them hairy mollys/hairy jennys and they were always around when I was growing up, used to capture them and keep them in a container for a while and feed them lettuce. I never ever see them anymore, it's very strange altogether. Last time I saw one was in Italy!

Sir Oxman · 03-04-2011 01:30PM

Wetbench4 wrote: »

Does anyone remember hairy mollys, those furry black caterpillars. There used to be loads of them around when i was a child, but it must be 20 years since I've seen one. What's that all about???

that's cos you don't go looking for them like you did when you were a kid

I never called them hairy 'jennies' tho!

efb · 03-04-2011 01:32PM

Do you not think its because your less likely to be exploring in the garden and the like.

that and the fact venus razors are more popular...

--LOS-- · 03-04-2011 01:40PM

gambiaman wrote: »

that's cos you don't go looking for them like you did when you were a kid

I never called them hairy 'jennies' tho!

efb wrote: »

Do you not think its because your less likely to be exploring in the garden and the like.

that and the fact venus razors are more popular...

No I definitely dont think that's the reason, they are just way more scarce for sure. You wouldn't have to search for them normally, they'd be outside the front door and on the walls of the house outside.

PeterIanStaker · 03-04-2011 02:20PM

super-rush wrote: »

Last time i saw one was when Bear Grylls was eating one.

washed down with some piss, no doubt.

bijapos · 03-04-2011 02:22PM

A lot of them have been killed off by spreading liquid slurry (as opposed to well rotted manure) and other industrial farming methods. In cities the amount of artificial fertilisers, weedkillers, slug pellets and so on that are used in gardens has also helped to reduce numbers.

Same goes for Ladybirds, a lot less of them than there were 30 years ago.

Phoenix Park · 03-04-2011 02:30PM

They don't seem to be in fashion anymore.
Wizard's Beards yes
Brazilians yes
Mars Bars yes

But Hairy Molly's...no, not in my limited experience anyway.