While we usually focus on birds as our photographic subjects, there are times when there is no good subjects available. We go with what we got, such as the dragon flies we have seen (see recent posts at johnsfstop.com). With the assistance of our friend Gerry, we even have some interesting identifying names for the flies. Then, we have noticed a growing number of caterpillars creeping around. Such as these:

So we found these two on separate days. The research has been spotty; searching for “hairy yellow caterpillar with white and black spikes” did not work out at first. Then scrolling through pictures of hairy caterpillars was like looking at a cast listing of a Steven King movie. There is even an image of a yellow furry caterpillar that, they say, turns white before turning into a moth. At the moment, we are going with two different tussock moth species.