By Christy Solo – ONPA 1st Place Award Winner for Best Local Column
This week’s crawly has a fun (and maybe familiar) name. Meet the salt-and-pepper looper moth (Syngrapha rectangular).
Of course we’re all familiar with salt and pepper, but did “looper” ring a bell? In our rich agricultural area that part of our crawly’s name may give some folks cause for concern.
However, you guessed it! Don’t panic!
There are approximately 76…




