We are pleased to announce the winner of our most recent Monday Nature Mystery, Maggie Haley! (Please email your snail mail address and preference for a hat or tote bag to [email protected])
Congratulations to Maggie for identifying the Nason’s Slug Moth Caterpillar (Natada nasoni). According to the Forest Service Field Guide to Slug Moths, this species’ apple green caterpillars bear rows of white stinging spines arising from bright red warts. Thee anterior subdorsal pairs of spine clusters seem to be the most conspicuous and effective of the caterpillar’s stinging spines. Each spine cluster is kept inside its red wart until the caterpillar is threatened. In response to a threat, the spines are everted outward for defense.
Each Monday we’ll post a new photo and identify the previous week’s winner. They’ll receive an NVBA hat or tote bag.
Be sure to post your answer on our Facebook page @NVBirdAlliance under the Monday Mystery post...do not reply to this email with your guess! We only accept entries from our Facebook page, not via email.
Please remember to write the common name, being mindful of hyphens, uppercase and lowercase letters and always include the Latin name in parentheses. To learn more about bird names click here.
What is this? Photo: Judy Gallagher
This week’s Mystery: What is this?
Post your guess (please list both common name and Latin name) on our Facebook page @NVBirdAlliance under this week's Monday Nature Mystery. Remember, we only accept entries from our Facebook page, not via email!
Good luck!
-Northern Virginia Bird Alliance
Please note that we only accept entries on our Facebook page where they are date- and time-stamped. Remember that, if you need to correct your entry, you should make a new posting instead of correcting the old one so that we get a correct time stamp for your correction. Winners are limited to one prize every 90 days, maximum 2 per person, but we are starting fresh since we have a new logo! If you have already won twice, feel free to play and try to win a hat or tote with our new logo on it. Please note, there may be a delay because these items are not yet in, so you will go on a list to receive them as soon as they come in.
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