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Thanks to everyone who contributed sources of information
about the "twig" caterpillar or inchworm which I found. I don't have
a photo for later reference, but looking at the various field guides
and websites which Bev Wigney recommended, I keep returning to Besma
quercivoraria, the Oak Besma, one of the Geometridae. I was amazed
by the wonderful photography of these moths and their larvae which is
available. I only wish that the images gave some indication of
size. However, the book which Dave McCorquodale mentioned,
Caterpillars of Eastern North America: a guide to identification and
natural history by David L. Wagner (Princeton U.P., 2005), does give
that sort of information.
Thanks also to David Webster for correcting my careless
terminology. I knew better, but can only plead that I was tired and
the right words weren't coming to me! I just hoped you'd know what I
was getting at ...
Cheers,
Patricia L. Chalmers
Halifax
>At 07:59 AM 02/08/2010, you wrote:
>Hi Patricia & All, Aug 2, 2010
> Those 'growth rings in the bark' are leaf scars and bud scale scars.
>Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
>----- Original Message ----- 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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<x-tab> </x-tab>Thanks to
everyone who contributed sources of information about the
"twig" caterpillar or inchworm which I found. I don't
have a photo for later reference, but looking at the various field guides
and websites which Bev Wigney recommended, I keep returning to
<font face="arial" size=2>Besma quercivoraria, </font> the Oak Besma, one
of the Geometridae. I was amazed by the wonderful photography of
these moths and their larvae which is available. I only wish that
the images gave some indication of size. However, the book which
Dave McCorquodale mentioned, <u>Caterpillars of Eastern North America: a
guide to identification and natural history</u> by David L. Wagner
(Princeton U.P., 2005), does give that sort of
information.<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Thanks
also to David Webster for correcting my careless terminology. I
knew better, but can only plead that I was tired and the right words
weren't coming to me! I just hoped you'd know what I was getting at
...<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Cheers,<br>
<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Patricia
L. Chalmers<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Halifax<br>
<br>
<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">At 07:59 AM 02/08/2010, you
wrote:<br>
Hi Patricia &
All,
Aug 2, 2010<br>
Those 'growth rings in the bark' are leaf scars and bud
scale scars.<br>
Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville<br>
----- Original Message ----- From: "P.L. Chalmers"
<plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca><br>
To: "NatureNS" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca><br>
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 11:00 PM<br>
Subject: [NatureNS] Twig Caterpillar, Halifax<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Earlier this week I found a
caterpillar which looked just like a<br>
twig. If it had not moved, I would have thought that it was a
twig<br>
fallen from the overhanging Norway Maple. Its skin was the
same<br>
greyish brown colour, with creases around its circumference like the<br>
growth rings in the bark of a maple twig. However this
"twig", which<br>
was more than three inches long, was inching its way across a<br>
colleague's windshield.<br><br>
I've looked at a few online sites, but don't have an ID yet.
Bev<br>
Wigney has a "twig caterpillar" on her site<br>
<a href="http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/45413515" eudora="autourl">
http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/45413515</a> which looks
somewhat<br>
like it, but not exactly. Can anyone suggest other sites, or an
ID?<br><br>
Cheers,<br><br>
Patricia</blockquote></blockquote></body>
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