Butterfly Cat in Galicia.

roundwood123 · Post by **roundwood123** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 8:10 pm

Hi all, I found this during my my Moth/Butterfly hunting sessions in Galicia last week, it was feeding on Pellitory on the Wall, any opinions?.
Steve.

roundwood123 · Post by **roundwood123** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 9:13 pm

I was wondering if the lack of replies may mean i have got it wrong and its a Moth?, I watched the Cat chewing off a leaf of P.o.t.W rather than eating it if that helps.
Steve.

millerd · Post by **millerd** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 9:40 pm

Could it be a Red Admiral? I think I've read that they use this foodplant as an alternative to nettles occasionally. Colours vary a great deal with these larvae - I've just looked at the images provided by a Google search and some are very close to this one.

Dave

Nick Broomer · Post by **Nick Broomer** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 9:42 pm

Hi Steve,
your catarpillar is the larva of the Red Admiral, which sometimes, but rare, lays its eggs on Pellitory-of-the-Wall.

All the best, Nick.

roundwood123 · Post by **roundwood123** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 9:44 pm

Great, and i thought it was something exotic.. Thanks Nick/Dave..

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