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Butterfly Educator Extraordinaire
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Ventnor City, New Jersey, USA
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I found this little fella when I was mt. biking in PA a few weeks ago. I had stopped to drink some water and noticed him inching his way up the trunk of a tree. Boy, did he move quickly! I took a bunch of pictures of him, but here are just a few. I think it is the larva of an Elegant prominent, Odontosia elegans, but not entirely sure.
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Butterfly Educator Extraordinaire
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Ventnor City, New Jersey, USA
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I evolved!
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WG Prize & Gift Coordinator
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Michigan
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YEY... Here in.... a Her-on....
Nice inch worm.. They sure have a great camouflage! Soooo twig like. You probably would not have noticed him at all if it hadn't moved...
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WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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He could pass for a twig. Good camouflage. I think inchworms are really cool.
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WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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Butterfly Educator Extraordinaire
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Ventnor City, New Jersey, USA
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I was quite impressed with his camouflage! He looked identical to the small twigs/branches of the tree he was inching on!
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Slapping, Swearing, Itching, Scratching Mosquito Bait
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: pennsylvania,usa
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It's probably a geometrid moth of some kind, having only the two pairs of hind prolegs. It might be really hard to ID, there are so many.
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The Bug Whisperer
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Monroe County, WV, USA
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WG Contest Coordinator
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Browns Mills, NJ
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Uh, YOU are our expert on all things crawly.
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bug, bugs, identification, identify, inch worm, inchworm, inchworm photo, inchworms, insect, insects, photo |
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