Another contribution from my teen, this sweet wee woolly bear (probably a Virginian tiger moth, ð˜šð˜ąð˜Šð˜­ð˜°ð˜ī𝘰ð˜Ūð˜Ē 𝘷𝘊ð˜ģð˜Ļ𝘊ð˜Ŋ𝘊ð˜Īð˜Ē) found close to home:

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On our last hike, we found this fifth instar monarch caterpillar (𝘋ð˜Ēð˜Ŋð˜Ēð˜ķð˜ī ð˜ąð˜­ð˜Ķð˜đð˜Šð˜ąð˜ąð˜ķð˜ī) hanging out in the shade of some milkweed leaves. Later, we found the adult relative in the second pic fluttering around from clover to clover. Mama?

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Saturday is Caterpillarday, right?

(Monarch caterpillar [𝘋ð˜Ēð˜Ŋð˜Ēð˜ķð˜ī ð˜ąð˜­ð˜Ķð˜đð˜Šð˜ąð˜ąð˜ķð˜ī] from August, 2018.)

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