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Red-lined Geometer Caterpillar
Crypsiphona ocultaria
-37.8955, 145.315
Field Notes
Description:
The caterpillar of the red-lined geometer is green, bean-shaped, slightly dorso-ventrally flattened and about 45 mm long. It has a thin white and red line along each side, an arrow-shaped head and a small fork-shaped tail (pic 5).
The true legs (pic 3) are hidden under a head capsule which the caterpillar lifts when looping.
Habitat:
Found under a eucalyptus tree
Notes:
The caterpillar feeds on leaves of Eucalytpus trees. They pupate for two weeks before emerging as adults. There are quite a few of these moths flying around a this time. Here is a spotting of the adults
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/43696040
Family: Geometridae
Reference Links:
Crypsiphona ocultaria
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Photographed
PublishedOctober 10, 2013
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