today is moth monday!

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Black woolly bear! That is, caterpillar of the giant leopard moth (𝘏𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢), from Thompson Park last August:

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Damn, that was a lot of work. Having to figure out how to use Excel, was....challenging😅
1264 lines and 10+ columns.
Last year, I did a season of moth trapping at a local preserve. I have been compiling an Excel sheet with Binomial name, Common name, Host plant, Habitat, Location, Date, Time, Temperature, Red list status, and on top of that, a folder with pictures of every moth I found there, and a folder of the best pictures I have of those species..
The Nature guides asked for as much information as possible to use for education and habitat improvements.
I'll hold on to it and tweak it for a few more days, have a fellow moth man take a look to find errors, and then send it.

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Grauer Wacholder-Nadelholzspanner
Thera juniperata
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grauer_Wacholder-Nadelholzspanner

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Another little woolly bear buddy (𝘗𝘺𝘳𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘢 𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢) from Thompson Park:

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Woolly bear (caterpillar of the Isabella tiger moth, 𝘗𝘺𝘳𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘢 𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢) in the moss, from yesterday's hike at Thompson Park:

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Bronzed cutworm moth (𝘕𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴), found resting on a sidewalk in the neighborhood:

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