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I am on ch.82, pg.19 of Yotsubato! manga.
Source: http://raw.senmanga.com/Yotsubato!/82/19
What does 「やりすぎなほど」mean here ?
From what I know, 「ほど」 is used to express the extent of something and 「やりすぎ」 means overdoing/excessive etc., Does this translate to something like "Awesome!" ? Or does the literal translation mean something else?
Also, is the usage of「な」 here unconventional ? I have never really seen 「な」 used after noun so far (I am a beginner).
よつば: あのなー キツツキみたよ！You know what? I saw a woodpecker!
葉介: へー どんなだった？Really? What was it like?
よつば: きーつついてた！やりすぎなほど！It was pecking wood! Way too much (lit. to an extent that could be called overkill)!
The 「きーつついてた」 part, meaning the same as 「木をつついてた」, is a pun on 「キツツキ」.
「やりすぎなほど！」 is an additional comment to the previous pun. やりすぎ (overkill) is used as an adjective while it normally is just a verb-derived noun (do + too much). There is a similar question about the use of な after nouns here.
Note that it's perfectly grammatical to use な with na-adjectives like in ジョジョの奇妙{きみょう}な冒険{ぼうけん} (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure).
