Compared to the
orange-barred sulphur butterflies, adult geometrid moths do not appear very active (at least not during the day)...
...and most of them are not very bright or flashy.
However, geometrid caterpillars can be just as impressive as orange-barred sulfur caterpillars when it comes to
blending in with the flowers that they eat.
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A purple geometrid caterpillar on purple flowers. |
In addition, at least some geometrid caterpillars have the same ability to change their color in order to match their background.
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A pink geometrid caterpillar on a pink rose blossom. |
Although many geometrid species feed on other parts of plants (and
mimic those instead), there are well over a thousand species of geometrid moths in North America -- including plenty of ones with colorful, flower-eating caterpillars. See a few more of them here:
Geometrid larvae on flowers
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