Mystery caterpillar

[Ian Pratt]

Again any ideas?

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[Neil Hulme]

Hi Ian,
My judgement is possibly impaired by a couple of bottles of Pinot Grigio, but that looks like a glow-worm larva to me.
Neil

[Trev Sawyer]

Me too Neil. That's the identification, not the wine unfortunately

Trev

[Neil Hulme]

Hi Trev,
In the state I was in when I got home last night, I first thought it might be a Tequila Worm!
Neil

[Denise]

What about this one?



Cheers
Denise

[eccles]

Denise, that looks like the one we found at Sand Point last month, which was an Oak Eggar moth.

[Denise]

This one was at Portland last weekend and yes it does look similar. It was longer and twice as big around as the one at Sand Point Mike.

Denise

[eccles]

I wonder if the one we saw at Sand Point was a third rather than final instar, which would make this one a later specimen. Oak eggars are big moths. According to UK Moths the wingspan can be 2-3"