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measures its journey. The
caterpillars are
accordingly called "loopers", "
spanworms", or "inchworms"
after their characteristic looping gait. The cabbage...
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Operophtera bruceata, the
Bruce spanworm, hunter's moth, or
native winter moth is a moth of the
family Geometridae. The
species was
first described by...
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Ennomos magnaria, the
maple spanworm moth,
notched wing moth, notched-wing
geometer or notch-wing moth, is a moth of the
family Geometridae. The species...
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Speranza pustularia, the
lesser maple spanworm, is a moth of the
family Geometridae.
Adults are on wing from May to July in the
south and from June to...
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Melanchroia chephise, the white-tipped
black or
snowbush spanworm, is a moth of the
family Geometridae. It is
found from
Florida and Texas,
south to Paraguay...
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Ametris nitocris, the
seagrape spanworm moth, is a moth of the
family Geometridae. The
species was
first described by
Pieter Cramer in 1780. It is found...
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Lycia ursaria, the
stout spanworm moth or bear, is a moth of the
family Geometridae. The
species was
first described by
Francis Walker in 1860. It is found...
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Ennomos subsignaria, the elm
spanworm moth, is a moth of the
family Geometridae. The
species was
first described by
Jacob Hübner in 1823. It is
found in...
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Ematurga amitaria, the
cranberry spanworm moth, is a moth in the
family Geometridae described by
Achille Guenée in 1858. It is
found in
North America....
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winter moth can be
confused with the
related native species, the
Bruce spanworm (Operophtera bruceata). In fact, the two
species hybridize. It is native...
