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Measuring - _TNY_6196

A mottled umber (Erannis defoliaria) caterpillar moving in the characteristic way that geometrid moth caterpillars do. In Swedish, geometrid moths are known as "mätare" which means "measurer" because the caterpillars kind of look like they are measuring out steps.

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Uploaded on February 5, 2023
Taken on June 24, 2020