The Difference Between a Chrysalis and a Cocoon

https://tube.blueben.net/w/qPTkBna3EQiMRiyQTe48cT

Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth (Malacosoma disstria)
Driftless Area, Dane County, WI, USA
#moth #insects #lepidoptera #nature #naturephotography #extinction #wildlife #entomology #pesticides #geoengineering aerosols #caterpillar
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Baltimore checkerspot (Euphydryas phaeton) Caterpillar
Ice Age National Scientific Reserve Unit, Baraboo, WI, USA
#Caterpillar #butterfly #insects #lepidoptera #nature #naturephotography #extinction #wildlife #entomology #pesticides #geoengineering aerosols
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For #LearnAboutButterfliesDay 🐛🦋:
Eric Carle (1929-2021)
Untitled artworks ( #Caterpillar & #Butterfly )
My Very First Book of Growth, 1986
Collage of acrylic-painted tissue paper on illustration board
“Small Living Things: The Magical Art of Eric Carle” @ Michener Art Museum
“Eric Carle riffed on his iconic Very Hungry Caterpillar imagery throughout his books. In the wordless My Very First Book of Growth, an instantly recognizable green-and-red caterpillar turns into a luminous butterfly.”

Another surprise from the firewood pile — the caterpillar of a Poplar Grey moth (Acronicta megacephala), curled up under the bark. 🐛
This vivid lime-green caterpillar with yellow segment lines is surprisingly hard to spot on foliage, despite its bright color. The larvae feed on poplar, willow and aspen, and when fully grown they pupate hidden under bark or in crevices in wood — exactly where I found this one. A beautiful example of how much life is hidden in a simple pile of logs.

Nog een verrassing uit de houtstapel — de rups van de agaatvlinder (Acronicta megacephala), opgerold onder de schors. 🐛
Deze felgroene rups met gele segmentlijnen is verrassend moeilijk te spotten tussen bladeren, ondanks zijn opvallende kleur. De larven leven op populier, wilg en ratelpopulier, en als ze volgroeid zijn verpoppen ze zich verborgen onder schors of in spleten in hout — precies waar ik deze vond. Een mooi voorbeeld van hoeveel leven er schuilt in een simpele houtstapel.

#agaatvlinder
#acronictamegacephala
#rups
#caterpillar
#nachtvlinder
#moth
#doodhout
#deadwood
#natuur
#nature
#tuin
#garden
#biodiversiteit
#biodiversity
#tuinleven
#DorgaldirsGarden
#Dorgaldirs_Garden

CAT puts century-old tech to work in its newest, heaviest electric drive dozer

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://electrek.co/2026/03/08/cat-puts-century-old-tech-to-work-in-its-newest-heaviest-electric-drive-dozer/

I saw two types of noodles on my trail run in Finger Rock Canyon. One is certainly dangerous, the other was just flopping along. #Tucson #running #rattlesnake #caterpillar