Found in old chalk pit with Common Blue and Brown Argus flying. About 5mm long. My first thought is early larval Common Blue...but no doubt I'm wrong.
Any help please?
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Caterpillar ID please
Caterpillar ID please
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Re: Caterpillar ID please
Pretty sure that's not a butterfly...none of them in my book have all that "stuff" on thier backs.
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Re: Caterpillar ID please
Interesting little critter tho'! Any ideas anyone? Calcareous grassland...
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Thanks - Did on reflection look more like a beetle/ladybird larva...hjalava wrote:Looks like a Chrysomelidae (leaf beetle) larva to me.
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Re: Caterpillar ID please
Hmm, yeah. Caterpillars usually have short stubby legs, not longer ones like this has. Cool looking critter anyway
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