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"Although basically simple and rather generalized in some respects (e.g. genitalia), they are highly specialized in others... Geometrine larvae surely include some of the most elaborately specialized forms in the whole of the Geometridae"
Doug Ferguson in MONA 18.1

Geometrine Eggs

Nemoria bistriaria ovum Photo, Jason Weintraub, ANSP	Nemoria bistriaria ovum , clearing stage with visible larva	Nemoria tuscarora ova	Chloropteryx paularia ova

Geometrine larvae

Dichorda rectaria, ex ovum, parent female coll. Jemez Springs, Sandoval Co. NM Photo Michael Canfield	Chloropteryx paularia, ex ovum, on Lantana Parent female collected N. Andros Island, Bahamas	Nemoria lixaria, ex ovum; Parent female collected Pocomoke River State Park, Snow Hill, Worcester Co., MD