The name Geometer refers to the means of locomotion of the larvae or caterpillars of geometer moths. Their most dominant legs exist at both ends of their body unlike most other caterpillars that ...

This is a portion of a single antenna from a geometer moth (the species of moth whose caterpillar stage is the inchworm). This type of feathery antenna is called a plumouse (from the Latin word pluma, ...

Caterpillars ... hence the name "geometer" from the Greek for "earth-measurer.") Around the end of June, they go into their pupa stage in the soil, emerging as moths in the fall.

But not the caterpillar of the geometer moth. Against its will, it is recruited to defend the developing young of a parasitic wasp, and the only ‘reward’ it gets for its trouble is to be eaten ...

Bodyguards have a tough and risky job but they usually get paid for their trouble. But not the caterpillar of the geometer moth. Against its will, it is recruited to defend the developing young of a ...