#inchworms

a stimboard of silly bugs, with butterfly wings opening & closing & inchworms (featuring a singular nefarious stickbug) for @eepywepy!

this flower-feeding inchworm (larva of the wavy-lined emerald moth, Synchlora aerata) is a “decorator caterpillar” that chews off pieces of leaves and flowers and attaches them to its body for camouflage. Its strange twitchy movements probably help it look more like a piece of debris in the wind than a crawling caterpillar.

this one was feeding on goldenrod and has mostly dead, brown flower parts, but they’ll also cover themselves with brightly colored petals depending on what kind of flower they’re feeding on. The adult wavy-lined emerald is bright green and holds its wings flat at rest to stay hidden on leaves.

Today's beasts are caterpillar earrings, a new thing I tried out this year and quite liked. For the summer cons, I made two inch worms and a wooly bear pair.

The inch worms are sold out, but if you'd like Wooly Bear earrings, please check out