We got some much-needed yard work done today! The grass has been naturally watered for over a week and today the sunshine made it grow a foot in an hour – no really!
I could hear a very loud knocking across the road. I didn’t have to look long to see this big Pileated Woodpecker. The tree sounds hollow 😦
Don finished the crawdad trap and tossed it in the Alsea River. My mouth is already watering!
What’s the difference between a butterfly and a moth?
A friend just told me that this is the Cinnabar Moth (Tyria jacobaeae), introduced in the NW from Europe as a biocontrol of a weed called tansy ragwort (which is toxic to cattle and horses). I guess one could guess from the coloration that this an apsomatic warning to would-be predators of both the adult and the larva that it is toxic due to bad chemicals. (Thanks John!)
Don was playing hand-shadows with the moth.
Hhhhmmm – now how can I imitate that with a fly? I bet those summer steelhead would like that!
