Crossing

After spending a couple hours in the woods, exploring with family, we headed back home. Heading in the same direction was this caterpillar.

Crossing this huge expanse of asphalt, following some inner direction across the hot surface. I immediately crouched down to get a close-up.

I almost crushed the poor fellow when my camera bag swooped off my shoulder and came with in a whisker of his “furry” body. He hesitated, as if to quickly count all his feet to make sure he had them still attached, and kept on traveling.

Looks kind of woolly, as if to be a sign of Winter. Had to be hot on a 90F degree day. I’ll have to remember this guy during the upcoming cold season.