This week, I spent 4 hours scooping mulch from our neighbor's yard and transporting it into my front garden. While in the midst of this, Dave came out to say, "You've got to take a look at this.".
In the backyard, up in our Chinkapin Oak was a *huge* moth. The guys identified it as a Polyphemus Moth which has a bizarre life cycle: “Adults do not eat and live for less than a week, while their large green caterpillars feed on trees like oak, maple, and willow before spinning a silk cocoon.”
I never saw the larger caterpillar this came from, but how exciting to see it in the garden now. It is around 6 inches across.
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