Distinctive looking caterpillar - help please
Distinctive looking caterpillar - help please
Photographed this caterpillar on lichen covered rock on cliff edge at the sea - North Brittany - this morning. A blustery day but it was out in the open. Any help with ID much appreciated - especially if it’s going to send me back there in a couple of months to hopefully spot something special!
Re: Distinctive looking caterpillar - help please
Hi Deborah,
That's one of the Burnet Moth larvae![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
That's one of the Burnet Moth larvae
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Re: Distinctive looking caterpillar - help please
Thanks Bugboy! I confess I was hoping for some kind of Lycaenid... but I’ll be going back anyway and will be happy to see whatever’s there!
Re: Distinctive looking caterpillar - help please
You'll like find some blue's at the very least, Burnet moths larvae feed on legumes and share the same habitat of many of them. ![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
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Re: Distinctive looking caterpillar - help please
I think that's a five-spot burnet, Zygaena trifolii.
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