Caterpillar ID's please!

[Cazzie]

I was a Grand Prix widow yesterday so I took myself off to Malham Tarn (again!). I actually found a couple of caterpillars - YEAH!

So what is this going to be? It was on a birch sapling and very pretty!!





Then I found a much smaller one on the same plant hiding under a leaf....



Sadly this one was a gonner... but I've never seen anything as colourful as this before - what was it going to be? Oh, and also what's the bug sucking it's guts out?





I had to make a hasty retreat come 5pm as the ants decided it was time to fly and the boardwalks were covered in them

Thankies!

[Tiggrx]

First 3 pics look like Brown-tail Moth (Euproctis chrysorrhoea)

[wildlifesnapper]

Hi

the first 3 are Knot Grass - Acronicta rumicis.

neil

[Tiggrx]

Yep, go with Neil on this one - looks better than my suggestion

[Cazzie]

Hmmm... had a comparison look on UKmoths and they're not quite the same - Brown Tail caterpillars on there are missing the white/orange bits along the bottom of the sides and don't have the clumpy orangey tufts

[Cazzie]

Okeydokes! So a Knot Grass for the furry ones, so what about the non-furry one - any ideas

[Dogghound]

looks like Lacanobia oleracea Bright line Brown eye