The larvae of geometrid moths are called by a variety of common names, including inchworm, cankerworm, looper, and measuring worm.
Like other larvae in the subfamily Plusiinae, the cabbage looper has only three pairs of prolegs rather than four, causing it to crawl in a looper fashion similar to the measuring worms in the family Geometridae.
For example, caterpillars of the cabbage looper moth (Trichoplusia ni) can consume three times their body weight in leaf matter daily.
Action has most frequently been taken against exceptional outbreaks of defoliating caterpillars, including those of the gypsy moth in the United States, the nun moth in central Europe, and the pine looper moth in England.
So says Jeff Daniels' mid-ranking criminal in Rian Johnson's new sci-fi film Looper.
Cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni), distinctive green, white-lined larva, or caterpillar, in the owlet moth family Noctuidae (order Lepidoptera).
"Looper" is a peculiar product, though, in ways that reach beyond the Möbius strip of its plot.
January 29 2015 Until 2010, when he released "Heartland," the singer-songwriter, composer, violin looper, and all-around wizard of sound recorded and performed under the alias Final Fantasy, a tribute to the series of video games of the same name.
The mere effort of trying to sort out the maybes, the would-haves, and the might-yets that populate a film like "Looper" makes me feel that my neocortex has been removed and replaced with Juicy Fruit, much chewed.
Then, we had the one-word titles: brisk, intelligent entertainments like "Argo," "Looper," and "Skyfall," all of them refusing to be fogged up by special effects, though none of them, to be honest, demanding outright to be seen again.
"Looper," Rian Johnson's time-travel thriller, will open the festival on Sept. 6.
