Moth Caterpillars. by Jeffrey S. Pippen | Back to Jeff's Butterfly Page | Back to Jeff's Misc. Thanks to many folks who have helped me ID some of the creatures on this page, including Anurag Agrawal, John & Jane Balaban, Cheri Cameron, Pat Coin, Steve Hall, Sean Hitch, Josh Rose, and Steve & Dean.
Mad as a March hare. To be as mad as a March hare is an English idiomatic phrase derived from the observed antics, said to occur only in the March breeding season of the Hare, genus Lepus.
Ides of March has a better ring to it. And yet all it means is halfway through the month.. Ides comes from an old Latin verb iduare, which meant to divide. It was the Roman term for the day that came in the middle of each month. Every month has an Ides. March had 31 days, so the Ides of March is on March 15.