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I found this caterpillar happily ensconced in a flower of Fritillaria meleagris (Snakeshead fritillary.) is it anything 'special'? Or just what is it? I'm happy to leave it to munch away if it's worthy(!) but I like my flowers too, so I'll put it somewhere else if it doesn't have very specific requirements. Thanks for any comments.

I guess it's probably too late now and either the flower or the caterpillar will have gone! However, I would say this is definitely a moth caterpillar, and my best guess is Bright-line Brown-eye (https://butterfly-conservation.org/1034 ... n-eye.html). It's known to feed internally on fruits and I have also recorded it feeding internally on the flowers of White Campion Silene latifolia. So the appearance and the behaviour both match reasonably well.

Thanks for your reply. Yes they've both gone - the Snakeshead Frittilaries got shared between the caterpillar and Lily Beetles! However I'm really happy to know what it was, for next year.