Hi

a Red bud tree (Cercis canadensis), see the small branch growing 'northeast' in the center of the image ?

 

Well, it is not a branch.  It is a worm. Hyper identical color an appearance to the branches,  walking like an 'inchworm'  Never seen that model.  Has to be a 2023.

 

 

Very impressive!

These threads could be merged: 

 

It's larvae.

Photo is not sharp enough. It looks similar to biston betularia.

https://www.google.com/search?q=biston+betularia

https://www.google.com/search?q=peppered+moth+larvae

 

Edited May 5, 20232 yr by Sensei

Thanks !  It has to be your peppered moth larvae.  Identical.

My camera was at its limits, my photography skills too.  Noticed it uses a 'life line' attaching its raised end to somewhere with an ultrafine filament as spiders do.