some type of adult girl

onenicebugperday:

onenicebugperday:

@dbrowan​ submitted: A nice moth out on my front door 🖤 I’m assuming it’s some type of green geometer?

What a lovely color! And yes, it’s an emerald geometer. Looks like a wavy-lined emerald, Synchlora aerata. Their caterpillars are super cool! They’re called camouflaged loopers because they attach bits of plant matter to their body as camouflage, so they can look different depending on which plants they used. Check it out:

and a naked one:

Photos in order by amberenergy, miya_ (2-3), and kent_miller (4-5)

Awesome! Thanks for sharing your moth so I could talk about cute caterpillars :)

@traumagician​ They grab a piece of plant, apply some silk from the spinnerets under their mouth, and then reach around and stick it onto their cute lil caterpillar bod :)

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