2019 May 3 afternoon

 

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  Not much invertebrate activity this afternoon, though I went to Mount Douglas and saw my first Propertius Duskywing of the year, and I also photographed this caterpillar.  Be warned, some people (including myself!) find that these Sheep Moth caterpillars can give you a rash if they are handled.   I note that some writers have taken to calling the moth the “Elegant Sheep Moth”, perhaps under the misapprehension that “eglanterina” means “elegant”.  It actually means “spiny”.

 

 

Sheep Moth Hemileuca eglanterina (Lep.: Saturniidae)  Jeremy Tatum