ID please

[ian mcenery]

I found this very odd caterpillar type thingie eating a cyclamen leaf. It has exceptional camouflage . Can anyone ID please

[Maggi Young]

I'm very tempted to say that it's  this :



Percival the plain little caterpillar       

 but I think it may be a type of "looper" caterpillar - I believe they're in the Geometridae section of moths..... Anthony will know.

[ian mcenery]

I'm very tempted to say that it's  this :

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Percival the plain little caterpillar       

 but I think it may be a type of "looper" caterpillar - I believe they're in the Geometridae section of moths..... Anthony will know.

It looks like you are on the right track there Maggi. Though I would have preferred it to be Percival   

[Anthony Darby]

Looper caterpillars belong to the family Geometridae. Many feed in trees and shrubs, but some will feed on just about anything. Difficult to ID though without taking it through to the moth.

[Lesley Cox]

Looks like a bit of dead stick to me.

[Maggi Young]

Looks like a bit of dead stick to me.

Aha! That's what it wants you to think, Lesley 

[Anthony Darby]

Ian twigged to that, hence the photo.