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Geometridae
About 1/2" long. I like the 2 mimic eyes on the side. This is an inchworm - the larvae stage of the geometer moth.
Spotted on Mar 22, 2012
Submitted on Mar 25, 2012
4 Comments
Thank you, KarenL. I didn't know there was officially one inch worm - I thought there a zillion species of them.
It's an inchworm! A geometrid moth caterpillar!
Thanks! I found this creature's response to my finger very intriguing. It clearly saw it as an obstacle, and instead of climbing it, which it was fully capable of doing, it avoided my finger entirely. I wonder if it is sensing heat or an electro-magnetic field, or even hearing a pulse... or what predisposed it to behave this way.
Nice video!