Roads End Naturalist

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

Tag: turbulent phosphila

  • Heads or Tails?

    There will always be scary predator eyes looking out at us from the bushes – it’s just that most of the time they are mounted on the rear end of a happily munching caterpillar. ~The Caterpillar Lab, Sam Jaffe, Director On a walk at Yates Mill Park the other day, I came across one of Read more…

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    Mike Dunn

  • Caterpillar Conundrum

    I have been away a few days celebrating a major birthday (hard to believe it is that number) and returned to find a few caterpillars from BugFest still active (most were released the day after the event). I was particularly pleased to see the snappily-attired Turbulent Phosphila munching away on its host plant, Greenbrier (Smilax Read more…

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    Mike Dunn