Avocado leaf, heart-shaped caterpillar munch, the most recent addition to the Heart Shapes in Nature series.
A show of red pops against the weathered dead branches and late summer foliage in the canyons of northern Arizona. I didn’t notice that it was heart-shaped until sorting out photos this week.
During winter the Avocado leaves become very crisp, and when crumbled in the hands the scent is kind of like licorice.
Yoho National Park is located in the Canadian Rocky Mountains along the western slope of the Continental Divide in southeastern British Columbia.