Common Marbled Carpet Moth Caterpillar

The wood carpet is slightly larger with one thick white band across the forewing and hindwing in the common carpet this band is divided by a black line.

Common marbled carpet moth caterpillar.

Colour identification guide to caterpillars jim. Geometridae larentiinae flies. The spiny caterpillar of the smeared dagger moth feeds on many plants and is among the more common moth caterpillars in the eastern us. The most common clothes moths are the webbing clothes moth easily identified with a golden colour and around half an inch in length and the case bearing moth which can be identified about inch long and their forewings are mottled brown with one large and a few.

It has a very characteristic jagged yellow line down its side which makes it look quite similar to another spiny caterpillar in this guide the red admiral butterfly. Huge collection amazing choice 100 million high quality affordable rf and rm images. Dark marbled carpet dysstroma citrata linnaeus 1761 synonyms. Common marbled carpet dysstroma truncata chloroclysta truncata the moths of norfolk.

The wood carpet is also similar and can be difficult to distinguish from the common carpet. This is one of the most variable of the geometrids both in size wingspan 32 39 mm and colour. Garden carpet moth the presence and intensity of the middle bar varies from almost no bar left above below to a slight medium bar centre above below to a full bar right above below. Marbled carpet caterpillar mimesis möndchenflecken bindenspanner raupe.

Chloroclysta citrata wingspan 25 30 mm. Common marbled carpet dysstroma truncata chloroclysta truncata larentia truncata. May to june and august to november this photo. The garden carpet is a common moth over most of europe north africa and asia through to the far east.

In association with the norfolk moth survey. Find the perfect carpet moth larvae stock photo. 70 097 bf1764 common marbled carpet dysstroma truncata hufnagel 1767 synonyms. The common marbled carpet dysstroma truncata is a moth of the family geometridae it is sometimes placed in the genus chloroclysta it is very common throughout the palearctic region and the near east the species was first described by johann siegfried hufnagel in 1767.

Very similar to common marbled carpet there are subtle separation characteristics based on the shape of the postmedian line on the underwings which is more angular in this species.