Mystery Catterpillar Shingle Street.

brianholland · #1 (**permalink**) 03-09-2009, 01:49 PM

My wife and I came across this lonely fellow making his way across the shingle and sparce grass at Shingle Street, a wild and wind blown place.

We would love to know what it is the larvae of, we suspect a moth of some kind.

Please help.

Jonners · #2 (**permalink**) 03-09-2009, 02:02 PM

Hello Brian. Good to see another Suffolk person here on WAB. Your caterpillar is indeed that of a moth, the Fox Moth. If you pick them up they are very good at leaving lots of hairs in your skin. Keep enjoying WAB

brianholland · #3 (**permalink**) 03-09-2009, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonners

Hello Brian. Good to see another Suffolk person here on WAB. Your caterpillar is indeed that of a moth, the Fox Moth. If you pick them up they are very good at leaving lots of hairs in your skin. Keep enjoying WAB

Thankss so much Jonners for such a prompt and helpful response. Duly noted.

It was quite a sight to see an elderly lady prostrate on the shungle trying to take this photograph in an extremely strong wind blowing off the North sea. Such is my wifes dedication.

We used to live in BSE what a coincidence.

Struggling with the hurdles of WAB demands but gradullay make progress I think!!.

Jonners · #4 (**permalink**) 03-09-2009, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by brianholland

It was quite a sight to see an elderly lady prostrate on the shungle trying to take this photograph in an extremely strong wind blowing off the North sea. Such is my wifes dedication.

We used to live in BSE what a coincidence.

Struggling with the hurdles of WAB demands but gradullay make progress I think!!.

That must have been quite an amusing (or worrying) sight!

I reckon you're getting to grips pretty well with WAB - your Little Owl certainly says so. Good to have you around. I was down at Bawdsey for an afternoon in August, whilst camping at Shottisham. Small world