Splendid

Photo by Mark Hengesbaugh 8/14/2012

Head is upside down in both photos.

Photo by Peggy Wenrick 8/14/2012

The Arundo Destroyers (Jean and Mark Hengesbaugh, Tom Skinner, Fred Heath, Peggy Wenrick, and I) went out last week to re-survey spots formerly invested with Giant Reed (more on that in the coming weeks; the news is GOOD!) and we saw lots of wildlife, including these extra-large caterpillars of the Splendid Royal Moth on Wild Cotton (Gossypium thurberi), as expected. See this post from last year, too.