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a green caterpillar hanging from a leaf on a branch with its eyes closed

What's eating your plants?! If you have a garden, chances are you've come across plenty of green caterpillars and never knew what they were. This visual guide will take you through 32 different types of green caterpillars and help you identify them based on their physical features and habitats.

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a green and black caterpillar sitting on top of yellow flowers

Caterpillars of a vast variety are found in nature. Their appearance, body color, life cycle, and such other aspects differ from species to species. Even among green caterpillars, there are many different types with different physical features. Here are some tips to identify a green caterpillar that you may come across.

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a green caterpillar crawling on top of a plant

Measuring worms are the larva of any of a large group of moths in the order Lepidoptera. Because the larva lacks the middle pair of legs, it moves in a characteristic “inching,” or “looping,” gait by extending the front part of the body and bringing the rear up to meet it. The larvae resemble twigs or leaf stems, feed on foliage, and often seriously damage or destroy trees and crops. best viewed LARGE: www.flickr.com/photos/rundstedt/4900848250/sizes/l/

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a green insect sitting on top of a leaf

I found this larva today under a leaf of our geranium (shaamdani) flowerpot. It's a one of dangerous enemy or pest for this kind of plant who eat leafs destructively. The half of leafs were damaged with this larva and now our lovely geranium plant are peaceful from this glutton enemy. But it was a great model for my macro photography :) Some information about this insect i collected via web search: Common name: Cabbage Looper Scientific name: Trichoplusia ni (Hubner) Facts: The cabbage…

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a green caterpillar is sitting on a leaf

It was her final act. Taken for dead, she had been pinned to a Styrofoam board. Her wings were locked in place with more pins and wax paper. It seemed pointless, but she did it anyway. Andrew my friend showed me his recent trophy. A beautiful Polyphemus, silk moth. As he recounted how he obtained this prize, I noticed a cluster of eggs at the tip of the moth's abdomen. I had tried several times to rear butterflies and moths, but each time had failed. Two weeks later, seven teen caterpillars…

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a green caterpillar sitting on top of a leaf

When thinking of the colour green I instantly think nature. https://www.perverdonk.com/wild%20flowers/Butterflies,%20Moths%20and%20Insects/Moths/Distinct%20Quaker%20Moth/20090607095819%20Distinct%20Quaker%20moth%20(Achatia%20distincta)%20green%20caterpillar%20-%20Oakland%20Co.htm

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