First frost!

Frost Warning for:
Smiths Falls - Perth - Eastern Lanark County

ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 12:05 AM EDT SATURDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2011

Yes, it is true. The warning headline caught me off guard. I couldn't imagine another storm warning. Sure enough, it was a frost warning.

Me an' Buster had a run around the yard. Jack Frost's designs on the leaves... precious.

Remember this little guy?

Maybe you recognize this? Here s/he is - preparing for metamorphosis.

The final word: The caterpillar is Cucculia alfarata, camphorweed moth, feeds on, you guessed it, camphorweed, Heterotheca subaxillaris.