Chickweed Geometer
Haematopis grataria
August 28, 2004
Carol Lemmon (CBA president) and I were leading our annual Slug Caterpillar Moth Caterpillar hunt for the CT Butterfly Association this morning. We didn't turn up a single limacodid - it's getting harder and harder to find them each year. But we did find this nice
...And we found this Chickweed Geometer on the right.
At first I thought it was some kind of Schinia - reminded of a Primrose Moth, but nope. It's an inchworm. And supposedly common. I'll be keeping more of an eye out for them now - they're a refreshing eyeful on a hot summer day..
