| Re: Caterpillars
skinidin, many thanks for taking the time to reply, I have looked at a net picture of the larve of the Goat Moth and it doesn't seem at all similar to the ones i remember, i did ask my brother if he had better recollections of the caterpillar than i did and the mental picture we each have is rather different, the one thing we did agree on was the size which was around 60-75 mm in length (3 inches) I thought it was cream and my brother thought it was yelow, oh well i suppose we are both getting a bit old now to have clear memories of some things.
Neither of us have ever seen any more of these larve anywhere so maybe they are now another species extinct.
I never did see the adult insect so presumably it only emerged from hiding at night as other moths do.
BK |