Caterpillar Id Please?

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Caterpillar Id Please?

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This was taken on it's food plant if this helps!

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Is it a burnet moth Larvae ?
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It's a six spot burnet I believe
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Thanks Dave

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It's a 34 spot burnet larva. :D
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Wow really, ho'd you guess? :lol: Maybe most sopts fall off when it emerges and dries wings and leaves 6?
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I think this one has been caught just as it is about to spin its cocoon.

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