Hey, have a look at this dead, ant-filled grasshopper. Spiky legs!

Running in for dinner, he stopped for one last squirt skyward.

We found something amazing in our yard the other day, and it turned out to be an automeris io, or Io moth. This green spiked caterpillar eventually turns into a beautiful moth with giant circles on its wings that look like eyes. It’s common throughout the continent, but I’ve never seen one in all my years of nature gawking. Which is weird, because this thing was florescent green and the size of my thumb.

Enjoy the pics.

Waiting on the B train at 81st, personal transportation, Graham on the block, and the Hudson.