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Kennebec river day trip

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The Mary E

Today I went on a cruise on the Kennebec river from Bath, Maine, to the river’s mouth on the Gulf of Maine, and return. We took the sight-seeing cruise boat of the Maine Maritime Museum between 10am and noon. At the dock, they have a living museum collection item, shown here: the “Mary E” – built here in Bath in 1906. I wish our cruise was on it, but it is available for trips and they sail it along the coast at events to represent the museum. More pictures coming ….

American dagger moth caterpillar

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Update: this is more likely an American dagger moth in its caterpillar phase. A previous post suggested it was some other moth. The references suggest the black spikes are potentially poisonous, or at least irritants to human skin. We have them all over the place this year.

The moths themselves are not noted for anything, good or bad, but we shall see.