Happy Winter Solstice! Today is my favorite day of the year, when earth begins to resume it's proper tilt. No matter how bad things seem in the world right now, at least there will be a little more sunshine every day for the next 6 months.
We are known as Striped Grass Loopers
As caterpillars we ate lawns and sports fields
As moths we lay up to 400 eggs
And when closed, our wings look like etched shields.
Sources: https://pest.ifas.ufl.edu/pest.html?194
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