Nature Done Wright

    Last weekend, I came across this caterpillar on the tarmac of the Lehigh Valley International Airport, where colleague Kevin Watson and I had chartered a plane to take some aerial shots of Hawk Mountain.

  While planes kept to a crawl. As far as I know, he never was cleared for takeoff.

   I have been seeking an ID. Informed speculation is that it is a Noctua pronuba, or Large Yellow Underwing moth.  From Google images, I’d say that’s a very good candidate.

   Any suggestions?