Black woolly bear! That is, caterpillar of the giant leopard moth (๐๐บ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ข), from Thompson Park last August:
Damn, that was a lot of work. Having to figure out how to use Excel, was....challenging๐
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.
#DailyBug und #SchmetterlingsMontag ๐คฉ
Grauer Wacholder-Nadelholzspanner
Thera juniperata
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grauer_Wacholder-Nadelholzspanner
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Another little woolly bear buddy (๐๐บ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ข ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข) from Thompson Park:
Woolly bear (caterpillar of the Isabella tiger moth, ๐๐บ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ข ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข) in the moss, from yesterday's hike at Thompson Park:
Bronzed cutworm moth (๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ด), found resting on a sidewalk in the neighborhood:
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Rachel Burch
๐ก a problematic moth on fedi
Willa 
Natteheks
Frosch B
Bea Leiderman