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.
Boxing the Ears. A phrase that confused me while reading Aliceâs Adventures in Wonderland was the rabbitâs explanation of why the Queen ordered the Duchess to be executed in Chapter VIII. The rabbit explains to Alice, âShe [the duchess] boxed the Queenâs earsâ (Carroll, 73). The action of âboxing earsâ is something I had never heard of, so I decided to look into the meaning of the term. I found that boxing of the ears is a hard, simultaneous slap of both ears. The violent act was a popular form of child punishment during the Victorian era.