Horrible photo, but this is the best I could get before it fled. At first glance thought it was a hellbender, then saw it had hair so a rat was suspected. That is until it showed how well it swam. It went from these rocks to under a large flood pile of logs & sticks. It was very slender & long.
Found in fresh water pond. Collected and brought home to Pennsylvania to put under microscope.
Leaf rolls on Aesculus flava were collected on May 17, and the first of two moths eclosed on June 2.
This is likely the undescribed buckeye eater described by Microleps.org that is very close to C. negundella.
caterpillar collected 15 May, adult eclosed 25 May.
Photos of caterpillars and pupae (from this cohort, not necessarily this individual) are here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/78681059
Found alive inside a bag of Kalettes from Twin Springs Farm, purchased at the Arlington Court House farmer's market.
Killed on road. Heard calling in adjacent field less than a week earlier. Where it came from is unclear.