The June bugs have hatched and the moths can’t be far behind. I spotted this one on the steep hill in the woods behind the house yesterday. I think he was drying his wings in the warmth of the afternoon.
It’s not a very pretty name. But he’s a handsome moth with a little smiley face on his back 🙂 The moth is found from Nova Scotia to Florida and is in the Geometridae family — the second largest family of moths in North America. The larvae are usually twiglike.
witches whiskers 
talking about twigs, do you know the Buff Tip caterpillar – it’s a silver birch twig!
I just looked it up – it’s fantastic! I don’t think I’d ever spot it in the wild.
i think i meant to write ‘pupa’