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ID for Caterpillar
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 8:24 pm
by Goldie M
I've been through the list of Butterflies, Larva/etc and I still can't identify this one. The nearest seems to be the Small Tortoise Shell, of course it could be a moth!!!!!!!!! Anyone Know? Goldie M
Re: ID for Caterpillar
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 8:36 pm
by Trev Sawyer
Drinker moth Goldie.
Trev
Re: ID for Caterpillar
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 8:40 pm
by Goldie M
Thanks Trev, I took it off the board walk and put it on a leaf for safty, now I can give it a name. Goldie
Re: ID for Caterpillar
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 10:37 pm
by Cotswold Cockney
Grass feeder larva .... and water sipper ... apparently....
Attractive moths... strongly sexually dimorphic.
That larva looks near fully grown ...
Found just about everywhere when I was a lad back in the 1950s. Long time since I've seen the moth which was once a common sight near my house...
Goldie is appropriate ... considering the moth's colouring..
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Re: ID for Caterpillar
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 10:13 am
by Charles Nicol
The hairs of the Drinker Moth caterpillar are irritant, so it would not be a good idea to stroke, cuddle etc your new pal.
Charles
