bug-loving people, check out this beautiful virginia creeper sphinx (darapsa myron) I found chilling on my porch today!! I think it's a female, judging by the abdomen shape, but I was leaving for work so I didn't get a great look.
I...tried to make a meme and got carried away and made A Thing that is like partially unfinished because i spent like 3 hours on it and then got tired.
I think this is mostly scientifically accurate but truth be told, there seems to be relatively little research on succession in regards to lawns specifically (as opposed to like, pastures). I am not exaggerating how bad they are for biodiversity though—recent research has referred to them as "ecological deserts."
As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. This, Gregor thought, simply could not be better.