Roads End Naturalist

Exploring the natural world as we wander at the end of the road


Tag: hag moth

  • Disguised Beauty

    …the repulsive larva, tissue by tissue, is transformed into the superlative beauty of the adult moth. Beauty will come from beauty in disguise. ~Edwin Way Teale, on caterpillar transformation This was a good year for some unusual caterpillars. For some reason, while looking for larvae a couple of weeks ago, we managed to find several Read more…