A pirouetting caterpillar is a good way to start the day!

In this case, a balletic banded tussock moth (Halysidota tessellaris)

Some fall webworms (Hyphantria cunea) dance to the beat of a different drummer

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If only life were always so simple as finding Walnut Caterpillar Moth (Datana integerrima) caterpillars on a walnut branch.

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There’s no cuter and fuzzier a way to start off the week than with “boogie woogie” beech blight aphids!

We estimated at least 1500 on this branch, and could easily be more like 3000!

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And how about these dangling Xmas ornaments— Datana caterpillars on water oak!

Also at Prairie Ridge Ecostation