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Hi, Anyone know what this is. Realise image is a bit blurry and hopefully I have attached it to this message.
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Twotails wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 6:48 pm Hi, Anyone know what this is. Realise image is a bit blurry and hopefully I have attached it to this message....
It's the caterpillar of a geometrid moth, commonly called an "inchworm" -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometer_moth

https://bugguide.net/node/view/188

These caterpillars usually mimic twigs of the plants they feed on, to conceal themselves from predators such as birds.
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