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06-08-2009, 11:50 AM
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| | | Grub/Caterpillar ID please
I have a young Mock Orange plant ( Philadelphus), and all the growing tips have been stunted, and distorted by these caterpillars, the grub is around 16mms long, and seems to enjoy walking backwards, and spraying brown liquid when disturbed ...  |
06-08-2009, 12:02 PM
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| | | Re: Grub/Caterpillar ID please
Looks like a Tortix moth, but I can't find any records of anything using Philadelphus sp. as a food-plant. |
06-08-2009, 12:10 PM
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| | | Re: Grub/Caterpillar ID please
Do they normally fold all the growing tips together with there silk ?. |
06-08-2009, 12:20 PM
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| | | Re: Grub/Caterpillar ID please
Well there's a lot of Tortix moths 
Yes some do create tents and use silk. Have you got a photo? |
06-08-2009, 12:35 PM
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| | | Re: Grub/Caterpillar ID please
This is the plant, and i`m only assuming its Philadelphus, my memory isent what it used to be ...  
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06-08-2009, 12:42 PM
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| | | Re: Grub/Caterpillar ID please
I have posted the shrub into the plant forum for ID ... |
06-08-2009, 12:43 PM
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| | | Re: Grub/Caterpillar ID please
I was just about to suggest that  |
07-08-2009, 03:03 PM
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| | | Re: Grub/Caterpillar ID please
No real luck in the plant ID forum, but i did find this Moth nearby today, i know its coincidental but you never know ...  |
08-08-2009, 04:35 PM
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| | | Re: Grub/Caterpillar ID please
Looks like a Light Brown Apple Moth, Epiphyas postvittana - a possibility for the larva as well |
08-08-2009, 06:50 PM
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| | | Re: Grub/Caterpillar ID please
Thanks you Charlie, it looks like a very destructive invasive species ... | | |
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