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23-05-2010, 09:20 AM
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| | | Which caterpillar?,please.
Morning all.
I saw this one on chalk downland a few days ago,can anybody tell me what it is?sorry for the soft photo. 
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23-05-2010, 04:22 PM
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| | | Re: Which caterpillar?,please.
Looks like a Wood Tiger to me, with the blackish tufts and reddish brown on the back. Feeds on low growing plants, hibernates as larva then emerges May time to grow to pupation |
23-05-2010, 06:54 PM
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Thanks K4t3.
That looks spot on !Its status is local.So a fairly good find,well for me at least ,I'm just getting into moths.Time for me to get a caterpillar book.
Cheers Jason. |
23-05-2010, 07:01 PM
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| | | Re: Which caterpillar?,please.
Try Jim Porter "Caterpillars of the British Isles", you may have to order and will be expensive but is pretty much the defining tome for the caterpillar hunter!  |
23-05-2010, 07:46 PM
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| | | Re: Which caterpillar?,please.
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Originally Posted by k4t3  Try Jim Porter "Caterpillars of the British Isles", you may have to order and will be expensive but is pretty much the defining tome for the caterpillar hunter! | Thanks again K4t3,my I.d has been limited so far to the few caterpillar photos in the FG to Moths of GB and Ireland by Waring and Townsend,I've managed to identify the occasional one from that.
Cheers Jason |
23-05-2010, 08:01 PM
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| | | Re: Which caterpillar?,please.
I started off with the Observers guides, then Larousse but then my indulgent parents (discovering an invertebrate freak in the family!) treated me to Porter and Skinner on caterpillars and moths (expensive but totally invaluable), they are good but if you don't want the price, try Collins guides- anything with photos rather than drawings...but experience gives you wings, thats why I love this site!  | | |
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