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.
The phrase mad as a hatter pre-dates Carroll's works and the characters the Hatter and the March Hare are initially referred to as both mad by the Cheshire Cat, with both first appearing in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, in the seventh chapter titled A Mad Tea-Party.