Sometimes you just get lucky, and I think today is going to be one of those times. Case in point: I was having a pretty hard time identifying the find of the day, but, after working my way through Dave Wagner's Caterpillars of Eastern North America, I thought I was looking at a Common Idia, a moth whose adult form is abundant at this point of the year but whose caterpillars are all but invisible in the leaf litter. But, rather than go on one book alone, I decided to also check out Dave and company's more in-depth and specialized guide to the Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. The photograph of the Common Idia didn't look quite right, but it was the best I could do, so I made ready to write about it. Then, I lost my place in the book, and when I opened it up again, I landed—I'm not making this up—on a caterpillar called the Dead-wood Borer. Amazingly, Scolecocampa liburna appeared to be an almost perfect match. Don't you just love serendipity?