albert einstein caterpillar, laugher caterpillar, Charadra deridens (3)

photo: hope.martin via projectnoah.org

albert einstein caterpillar, laugher caterpillar, Charadra deridens (2)

photo: hope.martin via projectnoah.org

Habitat: Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada, through most of the United States except the south-western states
Status: No Conservation Concerns

The Laugher Moth (Charadra deridens) makes me laugh – hah, get it! – because it happens to look exactly like a mini, insect version of Albert Einstein. They have the exact same hair do! Or… lack there of, I guess.

albert einstein caterpillar, laugher caterpillar, Charadra deridens (1)

Really uncanny, isn’t it?