Caterpillar ID?

[jellyang]

Can anyone ID this handsome fella for me?

Thanks
Angie

[Trev Sawyer]

Garden Tiger Moth larva Ang. Not as common as they once were - the original "Wooly-Bear" caterpillar.

Trev

[jellyang]

Thanks for that Trev.

It was at Catfield fen in Norfolk, don't think I have ever seen one before but your explanation says it all.


Angie

[Trev Sawyer]

Easily my favourite British moth - my grandmother used to have loads of caterpillars in her garden and the adults really are spectacular insects. They look like you have let a young child loose with a collection of brightly-coloured paints and a brush. They even have a little red headband.

Trev

[Lee Hurrell]

...the adults really are spectacular insects. They look like you have let a young child loose with a collection of bright-coloured paints and a brush.

That's the best description of a Garden Tiger I've ever heard! And quite true...

Cheers

Lee