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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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.