Wierd Caterpiller-like insect - Help identify?

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guygsmith Albany, NY Feb 10, 2016

Hi I saw this thingy, about 1cm long, very tiny little caterpillar like thing - any guesses very appreciated! - Taken a few days ago in Capilano park, Vancouver, Canada (Feb)

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Feb 10, 2016

This is a caterpillar of a moth in the family Geometridae, a huge family containing thousands of species (nearly 1500 in North America alone). They sometimes are called loopers or inchworms because of their peculiar mode of locomotion. See http://insects.about.com/od/butterfliesmoths/p/Geometer-Moths-Inchworms-And-Loopers-Family-Geometridae.htm

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guygsmith Albany, NY Feb 10, 2016

Thanks Flapdoodle! that's the one

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