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.
A hare was a dreaded animal to see on a May morn. An old Irish legend tells of a hare being spotted sucking milk from a cow. The hare was chased by hounds andreceived a bad wound and it made its way into an old house to hide. When the house was searched all that was found was an old woman hiding a wound.