[NatureNS] Twig Caterpillar, Halifax

From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com>
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Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 07:59:25 -0300
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Hi Patricia & All,                Aug 2, 2010
    Those 'growth rings in the bark' are leaf scars and bud scale scars.
Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
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From: "P.L. Chalmers" <plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca>
To: "NatureNS" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 11:00 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] Twig Caterpillar, Halifax


> Earlier this week I found a caterpillar which looked just like a
> twig.  If it had not moved, I would have thought that it was a twig
> fallen from the overhanging Norway Maple.  Its skin was the same
> greyish brown colour, with creases around its circumference like the
> growth rings in the bark of a maple twig.  However this "twig", which
> was more than three inches long, was inching its way across a
> colleague's windshield.
>
> I've looked at a few online sites, but don't have an ID yet.  Bev
> Wigney has a "twig caterpillar" on her site
> http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/45413515 which looks somewhat
> like it, but not exactly.  Can anyone suggest other sites, or an ID?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Patricia


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