Monday macrobug: spiky caterpillar September 12, 2024August 26, 2013 by Callan Bentley I’m pretty sure this guy is advertising himself as inedible…
Follow-up: this is the eastern buck moth larva. Here’s a look at a mating pair of adult eastern buck moths: https://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2013/10/21/monday-macrobug-a-gorgeous-pair-of-mating-moths/ Reply
Callan, that’s him! Aren’t they amazing! BTW, you *might* know my son, Kev Jones, a geologist at USGS, who lives in Arlington. He put me on to the unidentified moths in your blog. He knows that I love “mysteries” such as unidentified creatures! Reply
Follow-up: this is the eastern buck moth larva. Here’s a look at a mating pair of adult eastern buck moths:
https://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2013/10/21/monday-macrobug-a-gorgeous-pair-of-mating-moths/
Callan, that’s him! Aren’t they amazing! BTW, you *might* know my son, Kev Jones, a geologist at USGS, who lives in Arlington. He put me on to the unidentified moths in your blog. He knows that I love “mysteries” such as unidentified creatures!
Yep; Kevin and I went to William & Mary together. Thanks again!