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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Emeralds (Geometrinae) » Synchlorini » Synchlora » Wavy-lined Emerald - Hodges#7058 (Synchlora aerata)
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Synchlora aerata_Wavy Lined Emerald Moth_Caterpiller_IMG-2165_2 - Synchlora aerata
Copyright © 2023 Robert E. Barber

Synchlora aerata_Wavy Lined Emerald Moth_Caterpiller_IMG-2165_2 - Synchlora aerata
Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana, USA
August 4, 2023
Size: ¼-⅜"
Keep seeing these camouflaged caterpillars and was just wondering what sort of caterpillar is using flower petals to hide in.
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Contributed by Robert E. Barber on 12 August, 2023 - 3:05pm
Last updated 22 October, 2023 - 12:38pm

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Camouflaged Caterpillar
Camouflaged Looper (Synchlora aerata) - caterpillar of the Wavy-lined Emerald Moth
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Cliff you are a genius, well
Cliff you are a genius, well maybe not, but you surely know your way around bugs/caterpillars. That little cat was driving me nuts (short drive). Thanks....
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