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Photo by KevinBBabbitt
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Field Notes

Description:

Tiny inchworm caterpillar found crawling on me after walking a trail through a forest.

Habitat:

Forest with some swamp inside of it

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
ForestDragon
This little caterpillar is from Family Geometridae. It's a very large family of moths and it can be difficult to identify the species from the larvae. Sometimes you get lucky but not always. Here is a link to the Bugguide page for Family Geometridae: http://bugguide.net/node/view/188/bgpage
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PublishedOctober 24, 2012

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