White-Marked Tussock Moth Caterpillar
Some caterpillars and a rash I will never forget. Quick bits about gulls, mushrooms, bee stings, wanting a new area of interest to supplement my interest in the birds. Covers a lot of ground.
I was revisiting Bernd Heinrich, thus keep referencing him. A section of essays in A Naturalist At Large is titled “Insects.” The first essay, “Reading Tree Leaves,” is about caterpillars.
Essays are perhaps my favorite genre of writing to read. I love fiction and poetry, but every so of…
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