Moments in Time

Echinacea flower

Miraculous  – amazing – always

Sawfly caterpillars on Mugo pine

Mundane – never

Chipmonk gathering bedding

Around all of  us in every moment in time there is something beautiful

Sweet Spice shrub

Something strange

Tussock moth caterpillar on Scarlet Honeysuckle

Something that catches our attention

Rain drops on a spider’s web

Just take the time to see it

American Toad

 

 

Caterpillars-Contemplating Their Transformative Nature

IT’S COLD OUTSIDE!

I live in eastern Pennsylvania and like millions of others along the eastern coast of the United States we are in a deep freeze. The sun is shining through the skylight but the warmth is deceiving. Just tried to drive to a local winery, the back roads were drifted over thanks to wind gusts of up to 40 miles an hour. I need a warm weather connection! So enjoy with me one of the most transformative creatures – caterpillars!

All the beauties you see here have called the gardens their home before transforming and flying away…

Black Swallowtail caterpillar on dill plant

Evergreen Bagworm moth caterpillar

Variegated Fritillary Caterpillar

Silver-spotted Skipper caterpillars on Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick

White-marked Tussock moth caterpillar

Milkweed Tiger Moth Caterpillars

Saddleback moth caterpillar next to acorn caps

Tussock moth caterpillar

Juvenile Saddleback caterpillars on native Spicebush

Wooly Bear caterpillar

Monarch caterpillar

Pale Tussock moth caterpillar

Butternut Wooly moth caterpillar