| Caterpillars
Years ago, if fact 50 years ago or so there was a very large old hollow Oak tree just down the road from my house.
Hornets used to come back to the tree to nest year in year out, there was also some sort of moth that used the same tree for laying its eggs.
At a certain time of year caterpillars used to emerge, everyone was under the impression that they were the offspring of a Hawk Moth of some sort but no-one really knew.
If i remember correctly they had no covering of hair at all, were a creamy colour with yellow or red/ orange spots along their sides, cant remember for sure which but they were huge, around 60 millimetres in length possibly longer, does anyone have any idea as to what they could have been.
Sadly the local council cut the tree down as it was deemed unsafe so that was the end of that.
BK |