Caterpillar Identification

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Caterpillar Identification

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I need a caterpillar identified please. It was photographed in my back garden in the Forest of Dean in August 2010. Many thanks.
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Hi Stevie. It looks like a particularly pale, pale tussock moth (Calliteara pudibunda). Most caterpillars are more yellowish but they can be almost white.

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Thanks for the info Guy. That clears up a five year mystery.
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