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Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Whorls of spines

  

We worked the low tides in Monterey County during the last couple of days.  Here's a fun caterpillar we encountered along the trail this morning (29 May 2024).  My guess is Western Sheep Moth (Hemileuca eglanterina), but let me know if I'm wrong!

3 comments:

Alice Chan said...

What a gorgeous critter!
I'd love to have a hair-clip based on that design!

Jackie Sones said...

Hi, Alice!

Wonderful idea! And it made me look at the pattern of spines in a different way, so thanks for the comment!

:) Jackie

Limantour walker said...

Hahahaha! This is a delightful creature! Isn't this world just soooooo amazing?!