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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 » Boarmiini » Iridopsis » Bent-line Gray - Hodges#6588 (Iridopsis larvaria)
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Which Geometroidae? - Iridopsis larvaria
Copyright © 2009 Bob Cammarata

Which Geometroidae? - Iridopsis larvaria
Catoctin Mountains, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
October 6, 2009
Size: Around 1 1/2"
Can anyone help to identify this inchworm?
Or how about that tiny red spider with the egg? (see cropped version)

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Which Geometroidae? - Iridopsis larvaria Which Geometroidae? - Iridopsis larvaria
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Contributed by Bob Cammarata on 20 October, 2009 - 5:07am
Last updated 2 December, 2019 - 10:28pm

Moved
Moved from Geometrid Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 4 December, 2011 - 1:18pm login or register to post comments

It's not exactly the picture in Wagner,
but it seems to fit the description well. See what you think about Iridopsis larvaria, page 153
… john and jane balaban, 3 December, 2011 - 8:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks for the ID and for moving it to the Iridopsis larvaria page
… Bob Cammarata, 5 December, 2011 - 6:26pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree
Wagner says the color and pattern are highly variable.
… tom murray, 4 December, 2011 - 12:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Depend on the environment ?
It seems that the color (and pattern?) depends on the environment?
… Shirl and Runsun Pan, 1 June, 2012 - 1:16am login or register to post comments

Moved
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… john and jane balaban, 29 November, 2009 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

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