@comewanderwithme7: Banded in amber and shadow, bristling with silk — the salt marsh caterpillar (Estigmene acrea), a late-summer woolly bear on the move. Its bright tufts are quiet armor; the moth it becomes will wear soft white wings dotted with ink. It feeds on weeds and wild greens, then wraps itself in its own hair to wait out the winter. #SaltMarshCaterpillar #WoollyBear #NaturePhotography #IllinoisNature #LateSummer

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