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can anyone identify this catapiller

Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2014 12:52 pm
by summer-knights
Hello could anyone identify this catapiller? He eats grass :)

Re: can anyone identify this catapiller

Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2014 5:15 pm
by Trev Sawyer
That looks like an early instar (i.e. young) Drinker moth caterpillar- Euthrix potatoria. Once he/she has eaten a lot more grass, it will be quite different looking... and quite a bit bigger. :wink:

Trev

Re: can anyone identify this catapiller

Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2014 6:15 pm
by summer-knights
Ideal :) thank you, just googled them in the early stages and it looks spot on.