For what's it worth, I saw a wholly caterpillar, it was dead, I may or may not have run part of it over with my car, doesn't matter, but it was all black.
I haven't seen an all black one in a long time, couldn't remember when.
Looking like the middle to end of the upcoming week gets Fall-like.
This warm spell hasn't been too impressive at this point. looks like low 80s for the rest of it. Nothing unusual by any stretch.
See what the GFS was throwing out in the long range, would be interesting, a little early for the time period you mention, but very cool on that run. However, GFS long range, so grain of salt and all.