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Armies of the afternoon

October 21, 2018 - If I'd been living in the South, this caterpillar would have been all too familiar. David Wagner's guide to moth and but...
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Waiting for mail

October 16, 2018 - At first, I thought this was a small twig that had somehow gotten stuck on the newspaper attachment to the mailbox. It's...
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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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Perplexing mystery

September 01, 2018 - Caterpillars drive me nuts. I really, really need to apprentice myself, if anyone would have me, to an expert—UConn's Da...
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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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Not a caterpillar

July 31, 2016 - With the start of the orthopteran chorus, the aural signature of midsummer and beyond, I've been adding an after-dark wa...
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Lichen mimic

June 01, 2016 - I managed to get a long-ish bike ride in today, and on my way up the hill towards home, I noticed something on the road.
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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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