Maple spanworm

Great! Looks like part of the tree.

I came to it from a different angle in the end - as I found it on a maple tree I googled 'maple pests' & got it almost immediately!

Must be...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/657...

Got there in the end!

Welcome.. :)

Thanks for all your help Ashish - sitting in India doesn't appear to prevent you from ID'ing species all over the world! I will do some more research & hopefully I will be able to narrow it down further.

Once you find body structure... know subfamily and specie and Genus... and you able to find exact specie..
I can not say anything more sitting in India... :)

I'm not sure I would have spotted that one Ashish! But then I guess there are all sorts of things I miss every day because they are so well camouflaged!

Hmmm.. you have choice but... I feel structure very close with...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/438469/bgi...

http://bugguide.net/node/view/317766/bgi...

Thanks guys!

Ashish it's a pity they haven't ID'd those caterpillars on bugguide as they do look very similar. I was thinking maybe it is a Forage looper moth as they are really common round here but it is possible a bit large.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/438469/bgi...

http://bugguide.net/node/view/512644/bgi...

Incredaable how organism develope camouflage, it is for me one of the most interesting aspects of nature

http://bugguide.net/node/view/515195/bgi...

Great camouflage, and awesome photo!

Very close..
http://bugguide.net/node/view/517527/bgi...

Thanks Ashish!

Great spotting..!!

Will do!

Karen... please put second picture at front... what is exactly at Inchworm pose...!!