ids on catipillars

[derbi]

hi all was out digging the weeds up and found these can anybody please id them?
Sorry for the last one being a link it wouldnt let me upload it to the site.



I think this is a grub of somesort.


and a larvae of something it had a orangy red head and 3 spikey things at the tail which it bent over its back if it felt threatened.

[Jason Green]

Your first two are the caterpillars of the Angle Shades moth. I have about three in different age ranges, in the garden now. Odd, I'm yet to see the moth!

Yours are Late and Early-instars, respectively.

[derbi]

cheers jason, ive been seeing these catipillars for the past couple of years but ive to the see the moth.
Any body know about the last two pics?

[Jason Green]

How big's your last? I was thinking a Bristletail if it's tiny? Maybe a nymph/larva... sorry, no idea as yet about the penultimate one

[derbi]

ive just remebered i posted one last yr and was id'd by dogghound as a Staphylindae larvae {rove beetle}

However this never got id it was hanging from a tree in whisby nature reserve im not sure which species of tree it was.

[Jason Green]

This rove beetle reference being to your last image? If so, that was exactly my other option! I would have said so, but I couldn't remember the family name

[derbi]

yep heres the other photo its a bit better but it has been cropped and zoomed.

are there any sites which are good for catipillar identification?
Thanks for your help

[Jason Green]

Yep - This! Really though, I am yet to come across one. I've seen ones that are set up to do just that, but for me they don't really work.

I'll re-try and get back to you...

Have a look at http://www.whatsthiscaterpillar.co.uk/

[jaguarondi]

I think the first photo is a yellow underwing caterpillar, especially if it was found whilst digging as it lives largely underground. Second one might be angle shades.