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Field Notes

Description:

Very small, many in one plant. Eating a bluebonnet leaf.

Species ID Suggestions

inchworm (Geometer moth larvae).

Geometridae
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Comments (1)
gatorfellows
From the position of the true feet and the prolegs (rear feet) and the arc in the body of the caterpillar; this looks like an inchworm the name for the larvae of moths of the family Geometridae. these tiny green ones are very hard to identify exactly which one. Thanks for adding to the mission.

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Caterpillars and larvae of the Southwestern United States

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PublishedJuly 12, 2012

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