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Miscellaneous => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: Umbrian on September 27, 2012, 04:00:33 PM

Title: What is this? - now solved!
Post by: Umbrian on September 27, 2012, 04:00:33 PM

Never can get the tantalising flower ones that our true experts put on. Here is one just for fun :D :)

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: Alice on September 30, 2012, 09:14:34 PM

Curled up hairy caterpillar?

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: Umbrian on October 01, 2012, 06:32:26 AM

Quite right Alice - I think it is one of the Tiger Moth caterpillers - big and hairy. When I went to move him to a wilder part of the garden he curled up into a perfect "Catherine  Wheel ". I couldn't resist taking a 'photo of him. :)

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: Alice on October 01, 2012, 08:15:57 AM

Quite a little monster!
At first I thought it was some sort of seed head but the hairs didn't seem right.
From pictures on the internet I too suspected it might be a tiger moth caterpillar. Perhaps one or our entomologist experts can confirm which one?

Title: Re: What is this? - now solved!
Post by: Umbrian on October 02, 2012, 06:39:37 AM

I think it may be the Jersey Moth caterpiller as we have had a lot of those around this year. I posted a 'photo for identification earlier - a very strikingly patterned moth. However my book for identifying moths and their caterpillers only gave one illustration that did not correspond exactly but the general description "big and hairy" seems to point to that group.  ???