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Looper caterpillar

Photo by MartinL
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Field Notes

Description:

This is a looper caterpillar in the family Geometridae.
They have bright orange lateral dots associated with the region that I would expect the spiracles to be, also lateral stripes in yellow and a central orange stripe.

Habitat:

Found on Acacia.
The second one, (Curled, pic #4) was found on Eucalyptus.

Notes:

I have kept these two to try to determine their adult.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
MartinL
Pine looper ? They were not on pine. http://www.flickr.com/photos/32977858@N02/3296777338/ http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/enno/zonaea.html

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