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Alsophila pometaria
Small, green with yellowish stripes along the length of the body. This species has "an extra pair of half-sized prolegs on A5" (Wagner p. 144). They are partially visible in my images. Often called "inchworms", Geometrid Moth caterpillars have a unique body shape that causes them to move by bringing their hind ends forward forming a loop or arch with their bodies and then extending their front ends ahead.
Greenhouse in a botanical garden.
Found walking along the edge of a leaf in one of the greenhouses. Number 100 posting. :)
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Haha! Wilsons, can you believe I had never heard this song until a year or two ago when I was watching our collection of The Muppet Show!
now I have the "inchworm" song stuck in my head!
Yay! 100 spottings.
Lovely spot Tamar & congratulations on reaching 100 great spottings!