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| List: MassLep Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 20:49:10 +0000 (UTC) From: '<kstein1967...>' via MassLep <masslep...> Subject: [MassLep] Harvester Caterpillar - Paxton - 9/22/25 |
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------=_Part_5137839_548041129.1758574150229 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I saw my first Harvester caterpillar today! I went out for a quick walk, passed some alders loaded with woolly aphids, ran back to the car to get my binocs, and then spent a l-o-n-g time looking in all that white fluff. I feel hesitant reporting this since I have no photographic evidence and it's my first report of this ever, but it looked exactly like the caterpillars on inaturalist:https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?taxon_id=81729 and like the first caterpillar photo in this "Nature Watch" blog:https://www.natureblog.org/harvester-chrysalis-and-other-insect-and-flora-news-from-the-wild/ If there are reasons why this doesn't seem like a logical sighting, let me know; otherwise I'm accepting it at today's gift.Kristin SteinmetzPaxton, MA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MassLep" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to masslep+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/masslep/<776030444.5137840.1758574150230...> ------=_Part_5137839_548041129.1758574150229 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head></head><body><div class=3D"yahoo-style-wrap" style=3D"font-fami= ly:arial;font-size:16px;"><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">I saw my f= irst Harvester caterpillar today! I went out for a quick walk, passed some = alders loaded with woolly aphids, ran back to the car to get my binocs, and= then spent a l-o-n-g time looking in all that white fluff.</div><div dir= =3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"fa= lse">I feel hesitant reporting this since I have no photographic evidence a= nd it's my first report of this ever, but it looked exactly like the caterp= illars on inaturalist:</div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false"><span><a= href=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?taxon_id=3D81729" rel=3D"= nofollow" target=3D"_blank">https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?taxon_= id=3D81729</a></span><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">and l= ike the first caterpillar photo in this "Nature Watch" blog:</div><div dir= =3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false"><span><a href=3D"https://www.natureblog.org/= harvester-chrysalis-and-other-insect-and-flora-news-from-the-wild/" rel=3D"= nofollow" target=3D"_blank" class=3D"">https://www.natureblog.org/harvester= -chrysalis-and-other-insect-and-flora-news-from-the-wild/</a></span><div di= r=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"f= alse">If there are reasons why this doesn't seem like a logical sighting, l= et me know; otherwise I'm accepting it at today's gift.</div><div dir=3D"lt= r" data-setdir=3D"false">Kristin Steinmetz</div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdi= r=3D"false">Paxton, MA</div><div><br></div><br></div></div></body></html> <p></p> -- <br /> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups &= quot;MassLep" group.<br /> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to <a href=3D"mailto:masslep+<unsubscribe...>">masslep+uns= <ubscribe...></a>.<br /> To view this discussion visit <a href=3D"https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/= masslep/<776030444.5137840.1758574150230...>?utm_medium=3Demail= &utm_source=3Dfooter">https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/masslep/776030444.5= <137840.1758574150230...></a>.<br /> ------=_Part_5137839_548041129.1758574150229-- |
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