A STROLL, A RAMBLE, A TRUDGE..gardening in Vermont..an old gardener looking for new tricks while moving from the purely floral to jabbing at sustainability via vegetables and fruits.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Euchaetes egle, I presume
aka milkweed tussock caterpiller or milkweed tiger moth...........in any event some serious munchitation is taking place....no frost yet but there's a nip in the air, leaves begin to turn and chore lists shift to autumn mode.
aka milkweed tussock caterpiller or milkweed tiger moth...........in any event some serious munchitation is taking place....no frost yet but there's a nip in the air, leaves begin to turn and chore lists shift to autumn mode.
2 comments:
They look very happy, I hope that's not one of your fruit trees they are munching away on.
ha! these guys went to town on a milkweed. I leave a few few milkweed plants hither and thither puposefully to attract pollinators.
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