RE: was caterpillars, now tree surprise
Congrats to both of you on the finds....:)
Doesn't take much for us to get excited about some small item found in
or around our gardening area. Also nice to have a place to share this
info at. Last time I found something, came in to tell DH to come see
this--- gave me the look.... didn't get off the couch:(
Donna
>
> Just when I thought I knew my yard well, I was wandering in the very
> back of the 2.5 acres, in the wooded area when I noticed a small tree
> with seeds of an almost fuchsia color, and slightly similar in
> appearance to a bittersweet. Hit my tree books and....it's Euonymus
> atreopurpurea - the Wahoo. Am I excited! Ranks right up there with
> finding the Ilex verticillata and the Ptelea trifoliata back there
too!
> Cathy
> On Friday, October 24, 2003, at 09:58 PM, Godigarden@cs.com wrote:
>
> > Speaking of moths, I had an absolutely HUGE caterpillar crawl across
> > our
> > garage floor the other day. It was lime green and could pull it's
head
> > back into
> > it's body, sort of like a turtle. I identified it in the "National
> > Audubon
> > Society's Insects and Spiders" as the Luna caterpillar. "This
> > beautiful moth is
> > only found in North America. It is now considered an endangered
> > species because
> > many have been killed by polluntants and pesticides".
> > I quickly set it out in the garden. What a nice surprise.
> > Godi zone 7
> > Mt. Vernon VA
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