Headstone in the oak woods near Jarman’s Gap road.There are varying ways to interact with the natural world. The graveyard up top is a harmonious interaction, an elemental gracious return to earth. And then there are the despoilers. Same woods, same hill, different mindset.
University of Florida has an excellent write-up about these critters.They tend to lay egg masses on the lower leaves. So if you were able to inspect a few thousand leaves…Hoping the Charlottesville downtown mall isn’t beset by these. They particularly like q. phellos. Differences between instars can often be seen in altered body proportions, colors, patterns, or changes in the number of body segments. —Wikipedia