An orange yellow shiny smooth caterpillar with a reddish brown head and plate on the neck, crawls on the base of a green pine shoot.

An amber orange moth pupa rests on its back among brown pine needles on a twig. It's legs and entanne are glued to the body and you can see the dark eyes.

A small moth rests on the base of pine needles on a twig. It has a large dull pearly sage colored eye, and a fluffy snout. It's antennae are held back against the body. The wings at rest are held roof-like and have alternating patterns of bands of pearl color and orange brown.

A small moth rests on a white background. It has a large dull pearly sage colored eye, and a fluffy snout. It's antennae are held back to the sides of the body. The wings at rest are held roof-like and have alternating patterns of bands of pearl color and orange brown.

Pests can be cuties 🥰
To be fair this isn't usually a serious one, but the larvae of the Nantucket pine tip #moth bore into shoots of a few species of #pines, killing the tips of the tree. I definitely have a soft spot for wee torts & their adorable appearance.

#Tortricidae: #Rhyacionia frustrana