26 August 2013
Monday macrobug: spiky caterpillar
Posted by Callan Bentley
I’m pretty sure this guy is advertising himself as inedible…
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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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Follow-up: this is the eastern buck moth larva. Here’s a look at a mating pair of adult eastern buck moths:
https://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2013/10/21/monday-macrobug-a-gorgeous-pair-of-mating-moths/
Callan, that’s him! Aren’t they amazing! BTW, you *might* know my son, Kev Jones, a geologist at USGS, who lives in Arlington. He put me on to the unidentified moths in your blog. He knows that I love “mysteries” such as unidentified creatures!
Yep; Kevin and I went to William & Mary together. Thanks again!