Roads End Naturalist

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


Tag: spiny oak-slug

  • Looking Sharp

    In summer the empire of insects spreads. ~ Adam Zagajewski In honor of BugFest happening today, I thought I would post another unusual caterpillar portrait – the Spiny Oak-Slug, Euclea delphinii. As a member of the slug caterpillar group, the Spiny Oak-Slug lacks the usual paired prolegs of most caterpillars and, instead, has medial sucker-like Read more…