Otherwise you won’t be able to snap the strange and wonderful creatures you find on the trail, and you’ll be forced to steal pictures from other, better blogs. This morning on a trail in City Creek Canyon (when we were not convinced we were surrounded by rattlesnakes), we spied not one but two of these handsome fellows crossing our path—American Dagger Moth caterpillars. In all my 40 years I’ve never seen such like!

(Totally jacked this photo from wondersmitten. Click on it to see another great pic and commentary.)

Thank you for your wonderful and supportive comments on the last post. You make it all worthwhile.