Further internet searching, found it, thanks anyway..."Puss moth"

I think probably caterpillar of the southern flannel moth (Megalopyge opercularis).

Is there anyone who could help me ID this caterpillar please? It was found on the Pipeline Road in Panama. I have been unable to identify it even though it has a very distinctive 'lambswool' appearance, (or as my wife puts it "Mr. Pastry's mustache.") I would be very interested to know wha...

Very enjoyable report with some superb photos. Makes me wish I was back in Bulgaria.

Unable to add anything on the butterflies but if it helps your "Grass Snake" on the second page actually looks like an Aesculapian Snake - (Zamenis longissimus).

Cheers.

Padfield For the unidentified butterflies, I'd go for Adonis blue, grizzled skipper and small white. Thank you for the IDs. Hi Gibster, The tree frogs were found during the day in fairly cool and windswept conditions. They were low down in stream side vegetation on hills outside the village. We too ...

Once again, many thanks to you all for the comments and in particular for those who have helped with the ID's. It is odd to think of wandering around the village in Bulgaria last year and seeing so many unknown butterflies. I had resigned myself to the fact that I would probably not manage to identi...

A few more shots from Bulgaria. Large Copper (Lycaena dispar) http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7046/6856178109_9723ec65a9_z.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7192/6856177277_93ef1b6366_z.jpg More photos of the Sooty copper ? butterfly shown previously with the Wall Brown in first post. http://farm8.sta...

David M; My favourite post of the year so far!! Praise indeed, thanks. Mikhail; If, as Guy suggests, you would like to forward your records to someone in Bulgaria, I would suggest that the best person would be Stoyan Beshkov, one of the authors of Prime Butterfly Areas in Bulgaria, and the person to...

Thanks to everyone for the comments. Mikhail - Your find of the Grecian Copper is particularly interesting. According to An Atlas of the Distribution of the Butterflies in Bulgaria by Stanislav Abadjiev this species is mainly to be found near the Black Sea coast in the south east and in a few other ...

Hello to everyone on the forum. New member signing in and I thought the best introduction would be to post a few photos. In March 2011 my wife and I began a 3 month house-sit in rural Bulgaria. We were located in a village called Hotnitsa near the beautiful town of Veliko Tarnovo. The idea was to do...