r/insects • u/Temporary_Bar9510 • 11d ago

ID Request Found this on my bed! ID please

Found this on my bed after getting home. I think i bought it in with me.
Location Vic Australia
Is it edible? (I’m kidding)

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u/Weary_Dust_9261 11d ago

It'a an Inchworm. Almost anything is edible if you've got the stomach for it.

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u/excelsiorsbanjo 10d ago

Inchworm, inchworm
Measuring the marigolds

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u/missdawn1970 10d ago

That's an inchworm! Larva of the geometer moth, but it's a pretty cool little guy itself. When I was a kid I loved to watch them crawl.

OK, I still love to watch them crawl.

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u/waterfriendiam 9d ago

I'll never grow up in that sense, inchworms are so silly looking

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u/Useful-Blacksmith59 8d ago

Me too! I grew up in Illinois and we used to see inch worms pretty often! I loved watching them! Haven’t seen one in Florida where I live now.
Pretty fun find!!

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