Here’s a cool bug I haven’t seen before in the yard: an eight-spotted forester.
Apparently a native and unremarkable species, this moth lives at the edges of forests and open fields, with their caterpillars feeding on, among other things, virginia creeper. It was, in fact, spotted resting upon a dormant virginia creeper vine at the edge of my yard.
Noteworthy only because it was the first time I’ve seen one.
–Simon