October 27, 2026
Monday Mystery Answered
On Monday I wrote… Yesterday morning, top Celery Farm Nature Preserve birder Julie McCall saw an unusual-looking hawk over the…
Tom Burr writes: "The insect is the Ailanthus Webworm Moth (although I think he is trying to look like a beetle).
"I caught him nectaring the goldenrod at Lorrimer last summer. Now that's a cool looking critter, looking like he's been graffitied up by a gang member."
Thanks, Tom!
(Congrats to Deedee Burnside and Edith Wallace for answering correctly.)