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Likely Hyphantria cunea, the Fall webworm moth, photographed in Volusia county, Florida (06 May 2014).
My, oh my, what a time to be computerless! Because the MacBook is currently in Orlando being repaired, I can’t fully process any of my photographs with Aperture. I can, however, transfer them from my Nikon to my iPad and do some basic processing in the interim. Good thing, too — because it’s a’hoppin’ out there! The last few days have been a full-on bioblitz of the arthropodic variety.
Take two days ago, for example: I had to drive to Orlando to drop off my MacBook at the Millennia Apple Store. Along the way, I decided to stop at the Daytona State College West Campus in Deland where I was faculty from 2004 through 2007. I used to have a ball sojourning around that campus, finding and photographing a slew of reptiles, amphibians, and insects. I figured it would be a fun QuickStop. Check out the old grounds, see what’s shakin’…
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Possibly Alypia wittfeldii, the Wittfeld’s forester moth, photographed in Volusia county, Florida (06 May 2014).
As it turned out, the caterpillars were out in force! I quickly found three different species clustered together in close proximity on the edge of campus and spent about twenty minutes photographing various individuals (each represented on this post). Tentative identifications are provided beneath each image, but we’ll firm up identifications once I get around to doing each caterpillar as a full post next week — after I get the computer back.
I’m going to have a lot of catchup work to do once I get the computer back. This little triad of caterpillars was just the start… If there was any doubt about it following on the heels of this dreadfully long and enduring past winter, Spring has now officially arrived!
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Likely Estigmene acrea, the Salt marsh moth, photographed in Volusia county, Florida (06 May 2014).
Next on Dust Tracks: Some more short clips from the Arthropodic BioBlitz of Here & Now!
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