Giant Leopard Moth
During a “Supersession” on October 3, 2025, one of the two teams came up with quite a find.
Number of species seen to date: 255
As far as we know, this is the only citizen science project in North America (and possibly the world) focused exclusively on documenting the caterpillars of an urban park. If you know of any others, please let us know.
The survey welcomes new volunteers — no experience necessary. You can find more details here.
For a more in-depth survey history and what makes caterpillars so fascinating, click here.
Fringed Looper
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Goldenrod Casebearers
After collecting goldenrod for rearing another species, Richard noticed there was something moving along the flowers.
Night Session Routine
Oregon Cycnia caterpillars fluorescing on a dogbane plant. A typical night session for the High Park Caterpillar Survey looks something like this: