This year, the first killing freeze finally came on Nov. 30, our latest first freeze in history. My indoor plants have become outdoor plants for all but four months of the year.
The leaves at the base of the ficus were sheltering an invertebrate resident... a small white moth soon climbed out of the leaf litter and crawled to the edge of the pot.
Identifying it later without a visual referent proved impossible. Was it a fall webworm moth? A white flannel moth? A satin moth?
Most moths in Tennessee overwinter as eggs or pupae or caterpillars; the adults die with the first freeze.
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