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clearwing?
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 5:04 pm
by editfx
hi, i have been trying to identify a caterpillar my son found in Weymouth.
i think its a clearwing moth?
thank you
jason
http://www.splinternet.co.uk/stuff/cat1.jpg
http://www.splinternet.co.uk/stuff/cat2.jpg
Re: clearwing?
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 5:12 pm
by geniculata
hi jason,
it looks like a lime hawk moth caterpiller to me.
gary
Re: clearwing?
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 5:45 pm
by Pete Eeles
With a blue spike like that, it has to be a Lime Hawkmoth.
Cheers,
- Pete
Re: clearwing?
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 8:37 pm
by editfx
thanks guys. good to know. are they quite common?
Re: clearwing?
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 8:40 pm
by Pete Eeles
They can be, yes, especially in suburbia where roadsides and parks are often full of lime trees!
Cheers,
- Pete
