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Luna moth (Actius luna) on slate. Luna moths are giant silk moths and this is their breeding time. Females sit in birch trees, emit pheromones, and wait for the males, who may be busy being distracted by porch lights, to find them. Adults don't have mouth parts and so don't eat, but their larvae (caterpillars) eat lots of leaves. The larvae also make noise by clicking their serrated mandibles together to warn away predators. If that doesn't work, the larvae will regurgitate their intestinal contents (puke), which is confirmed as "having a deterrent effect on variety of predators". If nothing else, Luna moths will always give you a way to work caterpillar puke into a conversation!
"Wiggle wire" is what holds the tomato house cover in place. Hooray for the crew that got it done this morning, before the wind started!
Sometimes I shudder to think of the terrible things that could happen if I didn't find a couple of these every week.
A group of butterflies is called a kaleidoscope or, sometimes, a flutter and these swallowtails are engaged in an activity called puddling. Mostly males, they have gathered around a damp spot and are extracting minerals which will be passed on to their mates, providing extra nutrition for eggs and the tiny caterpillars that hatch. Another reason to drive carefully on dirt roads.
I was going to post this four-leaf clover the other day, with a note about how they don't really work but, when I went to do so, the internet was down and stayed down all day. So, maybe they do work, but only once and only for a while.
Look up "Norm Macdonald turtle joke".
The View from Fish in a Barrel Pond 