Family Geometridae Hodges # 7058
Caterpillar foods: many plants – often composite flowers but also many other flowering plants, shrubs and trees (Bugguide)
8/18/2017
9/3/2017
The caterpillars decorate their bodies with pieces of plants – usually flower petals – for camouflage. I found one of the caterpillars on some White Snakeroot (Eupatorium rugosum) next to our front door. The caterpillars are very small – about 1/4″ long.
8/27/2011 – on White Snakeroot – (Ageratina altissima)
8/28/2011
8/28/2011
6/5/2012
9/20/2014 on Sky-blue Aster (Symphyotrichum oolentangiense)
7/25/2016 – on Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
