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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Angeronini » Euchlaena
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Unknown Stick Caterpillar - Euchlaena
Copyright © 2011 Roberta Mann

Unknown Stick Caterpillar - Euchlaena
Jackson , Ocean County, New Jersey, USA
June 29, 2011
I know this is some sort of stick caterpillar, I wonder what kind.

This is what I had come up with at first, it was really hard to narrow it down and I still feel unsure:

I feel like I've narrowed my stick caterpillar down to this:

A Common Gray (Anavitrinella pampinaria) stick caterpillar.

http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/insects/cateast/anavpamp.htm

http://bugguide.net/node/view/80262

http://bugguide.net/node/view/11536
— with Michelle Sliker.

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Contributed by Roberta Mann on 3 November, 2011 - 7:22pm
Last updated 8 December, 2011 - 2:43pm

Moved
Moved from Geometrid Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 8 December, 2011 - 2:43pm login or register to post comments

The swelling on the abdomen looks farther forward
on yours, making it rather, we would think, something in Euchlaena, Wagner pg 172
… john and jane balaban, 8 December, 2011 - 2:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
I'll definitely check that out, I really appreciate your having looked and let me know!
… Roberta Mann, 8 December, 2011 - 2:56pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John R. Maxwell, 6 November, 2011 - 12:53am login or register to post comments

Maybe?
Not an ID.



Geometrid Moths (Geometridae)
… Scott Peden, 3 November, 2011 - 7:50pm login or register to post comments

 
For sure.
May be hard to ID past family, but those specialized anal prolegs definitely give the family away.
… Natalie Hernandez, 4 November, 2011 - 11:41am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you both so much!
I really appreciate your input! I still touch twigs on trees as I pass by hoping to see another. The mimicking was amazing.
… Roberta Mann, 4 November, 2011 - 11:46am login or register to post comments

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