Need Identification

[Dave McCormick]

decided since I have had alot to ID recent, I woulod post them all under this one thread and keep posting ID's here to save posts and whatever.

My books and websites I visit are good, but some need more help.

Whats this caterpillar? I see these every year on my plant (don't know what plant it is) has tall thin leaves and grows a thin oragey flowery head later on. What is the caterpillar?



I have a few more that need ID, but lets start with this one.

[Tymo]

Can you take a picture of the whole host plant? I am quite sure it is a noctuid but what kind of, I don't know yet.

Tymo

[Dave McCormick]

I will do that when I can. Thought it could be a noctuid moth larvae.

[Dave McCormick]

OK here is the plant the caterpillars where feeding on.



Here is another that needs ID'd. Saw many of these on a silver birch tree, what is it? This is an early instar.

[Tymo]

Larvas of noctuids in early stage are sometimes very hard to identify, also the one on this picture is one of them which I can't give a name to it.
The plant seems to be a sort of painted lady (not the butterfly...but Gladiolus), a common species on this type plants is Phlogophora meticulosa.
I am also wondering what kind of species it will be, so do me a favour and try to bread this one

Almost forgot the last one, it's a larva of a fly or something else.

Cheers
Tymo

[Dave McCormick]

Nope not a gladiolis. It growstight thin red flowers. There is now a bunch of eggs on the plant. I will post a pic of them later.

Think that last one might be a fly or something as there is galls forming on the leafs where the larvae was.

Thanks, mighe be angel shades, not sure.

[Tymo]

I don't know the English common names of plants, I will try the scientific names in the future. The plant could also be Crocosmia.