Sorry to bother again but I saw this character earlier today on the Erith Marshes (by the tidal Thames).
I'm thinking she/he might be a Moth?
As always, a milllion thanks in advance.
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Help please with a Caterpillar ...
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Hi Mike,
That's definitely a Lackey Moth caterpillar... Takes me back to my youth when I used to see loads of these crawling around on trees near my school. If you could see the front end of the caterpillar you would see it has a blue head with what look like black eyes. A bit like Dougal from the Magic Roundabout
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That's definitely a Lackey Moth caterpillar... Takes me back to my youth when I used to see loads of these crawling around on trees near my school. If you could see the front end of the caterpillar you would see it has a blue head with what look like black eyes. A bit like Dougal from the Magic Roundabout
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Trev,
Hello; thanks very much.
An extraordinary looking head!
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Hello; thanks very much.
An extraordinary looking head!
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They do have an extraordinary head - they look like a cross between Dougal from the Magic Roundabout and Thomas the Tank Engine:
http://www.everystockphoto.com/photo.ph ... d=13168157
But I can't quite work out your picture, which looks more like a crocodile cross ...
Guy
http://www.everystockphoto.com/photo.ph ... d=13168157
But I can't quite work out your picture, which looks more like a crocodile cross ...
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You won't find that description in a text book, but I'm sure most of us know exactly what you mean.Padfield wrote:They do have an extraordinary head - they look like a cross between Dougal from the Magic Roundabout and Thomas the Tank Engine
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Indeed!David M wrote:You won't find that description in a text book, but I'm sure most of us know exactly what you mean.Padfield wrote:They do have an extraordinary head - they look like a cross between Dougal from the Magic Roundabout and Thomas the Tank Engine
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Hold your horses, this is the rarer Ground Lackey Malacosoma castrensis, a denizen of salt marshes in this country, including the north Kent marshes. It differs from the Lackey in feeding on herbaceous plants rather than trees and shrubs.
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M. Sorry but I have only just noticed your kind reply.
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