Perhaps a moth catterpillar?

Wayne · Post by **Wayne** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 12:51 am

I discovered this little hairy thing while out butterflying:

He was about 2.5" long, any ideas?

COLIN BAKER · Post by **COLIN BAKER** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 5:55 am

Sure thing Wayne is the larva of "The Driker" moth larva which I usually find on the grasses or reeds to the side of a ride walking through a forest.
Apparently it gets it name from the habit of the larva which is attacted to the early morning dew.

You can find it on the UK Moths website @ http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=1991

Very nice shot of it by the way.

Hope this helped.

All the best

Colin

Wayne · Post by **Wayne** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:02 pm

Thanks Colin!

Now I can put a name next to it in my photo gallery

I spent an hour or so looking through ukmoths but I must have missed that page!

Here is another shot :

COLIN BAKER · Post by **COLIN BAKER** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:56 pm

Another good shot Wayne.
Went to a moth evening about a week ago and saw 127 different species of moths and of course amongst these was my first sighting of the actual moth.
Strange looking but fascinating moth.

Glad to have been of help Wayne

Like your Dark Green photo as well. What a great butterfly just to watch but to get a photo is something else as you found out.
I was lucky enough to film one last year just as another sat beside it so I had two instead of one and that was just about as lucky as it gets.

Cheers

Colin

Perhaps a moth catterpillar?

Perhaps a moth catterpillar?

The Drinker Moth

Drinker Moth