There I was, bringing groceries into the house when I spotted it. It was big. It was black. It was fuzzy or spiky (take your pick, I wasn't going to touch it). And it was heading toward the front door ...

It’s early fall and we sometimes enjoy seeing fuzzy orange and black caterpillars trekking over the trails on their way to better foraging or a site for pupation. Although we usually call them “woolly ...