Cabbage Looper, then Ni Moth

      

    As best as I can figure out by immersing myself in a couple of books and within the depths of the Internet, I conclude that this is a picture of a cabbage looper, a caterpillar found on my mint plant this afternoon. After about twenty days, this caterpillar becomes the ni moth.

   

    Moving fairly quickly and nimbly with a looping motion, it moved to the bush next to the mint, almost disappearing. In the meantime, I jumped into the house hastily to retrieve my camera.

    

    Aside from the information and sources provided by Wikipedia, I found other sites of note, namely, the University of Florida's Entomology and Nematology site, in which they list the cabbage looper as a Featured Creature; and Butterflies and Moths of North America, a site with bottomless information and sources about these amazing creatures of God. 

Sheppard Air Show

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My fave images.

Many thanks to Sheppard Air Force Base for the air show.

Congratulations for seventy-five years of training and service.

Sky Behind Thunderbird Aerobats

Beautiful background for the air show, Sheppard Air Force Base and the Thunderbirds.

Thunderbirds Aerobats

Beautiful air show at Sheppard Air Force Base.

Pumper's Tire Tracks After a Rain

A Quiet Place for Someone to Sit

Caterpillar, Monarch

Munching on milkweed. Yum.

Caterpillar, Gulf Fritillary

Spiders During the Early Morning

Bumblebee on Milkweed

Chrome Luscombe

Sean's Luscombe reflects the clouds outside the hangar.

Plum Pens Pond and Storm Clouds

Snow on the Mountain and Storm Clouds

Trees Standing in Water

Pronghorn Portrait

Tony Tassett's Eye, Dallas

Little Aerobat Parked with Gentle Rains in the Distance

Clouds Over Barn, Silo, and Feeder, and a Resting Bull

Pics for Wild Bird Rescue

     Cassandra honored me by asking me to include some of my images of the rescued birds at Wild Bird Rescue. They plan to use the images for a calendar fundraiser, and for a memorial to former educational birds. I included a Cedar Waxwing sitting on a holly branch that Marge brought in for it; a growing Scissortail Flycatcher (or Kingbird) that Chris fed, and a close-up of Stevie.

Great White Egret and Great Blue Heron