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A tiny caterpillar - ID?

 
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Jul 03, 2006 10:09 |  #1

This guy is about 5 to 6mm long. It wouldn't stay still for a sec, so it's quite tough to take pic of it :confused: Any idea what this is?

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Jul 04, 2006 17:04 |  #2

That's pretty cool. I like all three especially the classic position in the second one. They seem a tad overexposed though. Still very nice pictures...I've never been able to get any good shots of these creatures since they are usually so small and tend to move around quite a bit. Good job. :)


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Jul 05, 2006 07:13 |  #3

A very interesting 'piller Leo, no idea what it is but slightly over exposed I think.


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Jul 05, 2006 17:49 |  #4

I love #1 :D but I think it is overexposed :( I can't help you with the ID.


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Jul 05, 2006 18:52 |  #5

Leorooster wrote:
This guy is about 5 to 6mm long. It wouldn't stay still for a sec, so it's quite tough to take pic of it :confused: Any idea what this is?

What great poses! It's a geometrid caterpillar, a family of moths, Geometridae. The caterpillars are often called loopers or inchworms because of their distinctive way of moving. Wikipedia has a good short article, though with a British bias:
http://en.wikipedia.or​g/wiki/Geometer_moth (external link)

Some of the adults, the emeralds (Geometrinae) are a beautiful green, and they have very odd looking caterpillars, though they still measure their way along:
http://ourfcs.friendsc​entral.org/moths/immat​ures.html (external link)


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Jul 05, 2006 19:27 |  #6

Thanks evryone for your kind comments. I agree that they are a bit over-exposed. I fixed them and reattached them again. :)


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Jul 05, 2006 19:27 as a reply to  @ Salticid's post |  #7

[QUOTE=Salticid]

Leorooster wrote:
This guy is about 5 to 6mm long. It wouldn't stay still for a sec, so it's quite tough to take pic of it :confused: Any idea what this is?

What great poses! It's a geometrid caterpillar, a family of moths, Geometridae. The caterpillars are often called loopers or inchworms because of their distinctive way of moving. Wikipedia has a good short article, though with a British bias:
http://en.wikipedia.or​g/wiki/Geometer_moth (external link)

Some of the adults, the emeralds (Geometrinae) are a beautiful green, and they have very odd looking caterpillars, though they still measure their way along:
http://ourfcs.friendsc​entral.org/moths/immat​ures.html (external link)

Salticid - thanks for the id :)


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