6 September 2011
Posted by Callan Bentley
Some kind of caterpillar I spotted on the Billy Goat Trail yesterday – can’t find a perfect match for it to identify the species. Anyone know? Chime in.
UPDATE – My colleague Victor Zabielski pinned it as Schizura concinna, the redhumped caterpillar. Thanks, Victor!
Callan Bentley is Associate Professor of Geology at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. For his work on this blog, the National Association of Geoscience Teachers recognized him with the James Shea Award. He has also won the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council on Higher Education in Virginia, and the Biggs Award for Excellence in Geoscience Teaching from the Geoscience Education Division of the Geological Society of America. In previous years, Callan served as a contributing editor at EARTH magazine, President of the Geological Society of Washington and President the Geo2YC division of NAGT.
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Thank you. I found some in my backyard and was having trouble figuring out what they were.