Green caterpillar on Kidney Vetch

[Trev Sawyer]

Hi Guys,
Apologies for the terrible mobile phone photo, but I saw these two green caterpillars on Kidney Vetch the other day (one being ridden by a weevil and the other one bottom right)... I am pretty sure they are NOT what I was hoping to find (or are they?) as they are potentially the wrong colour and are a little bigger than I would expect them to be at the moment, so presumably there are moths which lay their eggs on this plant too? Any ideas?

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[Trev Sawyer]

Any views on this?...

[Trev Sawyer]

Thought I'd have one last go at getting this caterpillar identified (probably a random micro moth of some sort), so I went back today with my macro stuff, flash and a piece of white card. Whaddayareckon? Green, with obvious white stripe down back and suggestions of stripes along sides.

[Allan.W.]

Interesting larvae Trev ,I,ve had a look through "caterpillars of GB AND Ireland ,Henwood ,Sterling , Lewington.
and can,t see any obvious contenders …………….. couldn,t you box them and breed them through ? Just a thought .
They do look like some Pug caterpillars …………………… Sorry not much help !
Allan.W.

[Allan.W.]

For what its worth ,I reckon its a Micro ,of some description .
Regards Allan.W.

[bugboy]

Could always try rearing it up and seeing what it becomes

[Trev Sawyer]

Thanks for the replies guys. I did think of raising the caterpillar, but don't have Kidney Vetch in my garden.