🔍 Geometry Caterpillars | Geometridae nemoria 🕊️
📍 Seen in Alajuela, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
💬 The name Geometridae comes from Greek: geo = earth and metron = measure. Because the caterpillars look like they’re measuring the ground inch by inch when they move.
Also Known as:
Inchworm, Looper, Measuring Worm, Span worm, Cankerworm, Twig Caterpillar.
Size:
Length: ~1.5 – 3 cm
Weight: 0.1 – 0.3 g
Height: ~2 – 4 mm
Coloration:
Bright leaf-green, smooth and slender, sometimes with a faint thin white side line
Life Span
2 – 4 weeks (only caterpillar stage)
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