For Sale: Fourth-generation Honda Civic hatchback. Slight pest problem.
Caterpillar-infested Honda Civic - Click above for a high-res image gallery
For sale: One fourth-generation Honda Civic hatchback. Slightly faded red exterior paint with lots of squiggly black lines. Includes protective tent-like cover for no additional charge. Located in the Dutch city of Rotterdam in West Holland. Price: cheap.
It seems that some rare and unsightly caterpillars have taken up residence in and on this particular Honda Civic hatchback. According to RTV Rijnmond, these pests make an appearance every year in The Netherlands, stripping local trees of their foliage and generally making a nuisance of themselves, though this particular infestation seems particularly severe.
The best part (or worst, depending on your point of view) of this whole story is that the local authorities refuse to do anything about the problem, saying that they'll all just disappear in about four weeks when they turn into moths anyway. Somehow, we bet that's little consolation in the meantime.
Gallery: Caterpillar-infested Honda Civic
[Source: Banpei.net, RTV Rijnmond via Jalopnik]
Get a WordPress.com Blog
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
TomdeTomTom 3:03PM (5/28/2009)
It's evolving! 1989 Honda Civic has evolved into a 2005 Honda Civic Si!
But hey, I'd be happy with a huge butterfly car if my keyless entry still worked.
Reply
PumaGTO 6:27PM (5/28/2009)
Wow!! Nice Pokemon joke! Thats priceless nowadays. +1
James 6:49PM (5/28/2009)
"It seems that some rare and unsightly caterpillars have taken up residence in and on this particular (forth-generation) Honda Civic hatchback..."
It's molting into the fifth generation as we speak...
Yikes 3:03PM (5/28/2009)
How strange
Reply
RWD 2:37AM (5/29/2009)
Before I saw the closeup pics I though it had been covered by the million year old, darkness induced, cocooning bacteria from one of my favorite X Files episodes.
ambientFLIER 10:22PM (5/29/2009)
That was a good episode.
MachinaDC5 3:10PM (5/28/2009)
Once the rare Civic enters the pupa stage, it transforms into a mighty Accord. Listen closely and you can hear its heart beating.
Reply
Starnerf 3:13PM (5/28/2009)
Time to buy a flamethrower.
Reply
inteller 3:40PM (5/28/2009)
yeah around here we set those things on fire. It is amazing how fast they go up in flames.
Metar 3:48PM (5/28/2009)
Psst... There's a car beneath. I think the owner wants to get rid of the caterpillars, not the whole car - this isn't France, you know. :P
Taglane 3:18PM (5/28/2009)
This is really bugging me... ROFL.
I crack myself up.
Reply
MachinaDC5 3:19PM (5/28/2009)
Nice.
Joe K. 3:19PM (5/28/2009)
Who needs a vinyl wrap when you have silk, right?
Reply
k.w.a 3:21PM (5/28/2009)
not as disgusting as the pink and yellow spray-painted boy racer Civic i saw this morning
Reply
That One Person 8:14PM (5/28/2009)
I think the best one I saw was a blue Civic with yellow ground effects (you know the really gaudy ones with huge openings in the front?) and Pep Boy wheel covers.
Classic.
aj121489 3:27PM (5/28/2009)
I'm not sure I could handle 4 weeks of that
Reply
Aki 3:32PM (5/28/2009)
I'd go buck wild with Raid... or a lighter and a can of hairspray if I saw all those critters, yeesh.
Reply
Paul 3:39PM (5/28/2009)
Don't they have pressure washers in the Rotterdam?
piet 3:44PM (5/28/2009)
yes, we do have pressure washers in Rotterdam
ASEVENSEE4 3:39PM (5/28/2009)
How the F did this happen?
Reply