Something strange I saw during today’s hike
I went for a walk in my familiar forest today. While I was walking along a trail on a ridge, I suddenly heard a rustling sound. I braced myself, only to see two deer cross the path about 50 meters ahead. Deer are okay, but if it had been a bear, it would have been all over. Because of bears, I haven’t been able to do much hiking on mountain trails this year. On my way back, as I was walking down a narrow trail, I came across a bright yellow cluster of thin thorns. It was very light; it flew away when I blew on it. At first, I thought it was some kind of plant flower, but it turned out to be something completely different. I think it's the shed skin of a moth larvae, specifically the yellow tussock moth. The larva has a distinctive feature, the red, protruding tuft of hair-like thorns. This was my first time seeing the shed skin of this larva. I think the reason yellow thorns were curled up was because it was a shed skin. I found some long, slender yellow mushrooms. Actually, ...
