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Goldenrod turbulence

September 25, 2018 - One of my favorite ongoing projects is to comb the goldenrods for caterpillars and then, after I've found and photograph...
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Coat of caterpillar colors

September 26, 2017 - The goldenrods have been prime for a good month, and on every walk, I comb them, leaves and flowers, for insect life, on...
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Better not touch

September 01, 2017 - The word "stunning" is often over-used when it comes to attempting to describe lepidopteran larvae, but in the case of t...
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Caterpillar stylin'

July 11, 2017 - Here's another episode in the "joys of sticking close to home" series, the one mandated by work and family situations. I...
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Cecropian

August 26, 2016 - For the record, I didn't spot this almost four-inch-long caterpillar during the Miner preserve walk I led this afternoon...
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Tenting today... and tonight

May 22, 2016 - It's been an impressive year for tent caterpillars, and the silken communal nests of our common species, Malacosoma amer...
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Asteroid arrival

September 14, 2015 - If I had my life to live over, I would have become an environmental biology teacher and spent my career informing kids a...
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