Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

Caterpillar

There are a number of caterpillars that are camouflaged as twigs, and when disturbed will pose like so. This one was eating in the low-hanging branches of a Pin Oak.

This has been identified as a Toothed Phigalia Moth/Phigalia denticulata. I await confirmation of that.

Today’s 10:30 Bugging Out in Green-Wood still has spaces (until 9:30).

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