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30-08-2010, 06:22 PM
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| | | ID this hairy fellow
Found him crawling on my front path so after snapping some pics I put him in the bushes. I have buddleia and a small nettle patch so thought maybe peacock/small tortoise shell or red admiral(all which I have seen on the buddleia lately) but I didn't see any others around the nettles and it seemed a bit bigger/hairer than what I remember their caterpillars being. The pics are not great sorry. It's not apparent in the pic but it has a yellowish stripe running down it's back.   |
30-08-2010, 06:28 PM
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| | | Re: ID this hairy fellow
Not a butterfly it is a moth, ermine with a red stripe.
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30-08-2010, 06:29 PM
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| | | Re: ID this hairy fellow
Photos not great for ID but most common at the mo is White Ermine moth cats  |
30-08-2010, 06:31 PM
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| | | Re: ID this hairy fellow
Its a White Ermine Spilosoma lubricipedia |
30-08-2010, 06:33 PM
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| | | Re: ID this hairy fellow
Thanks a lot guys I've only ever seen ermine moths a couple of times and only once seen a tiger moth. So was it on the move to feed or pupate or what? I should defo be safe in the bushes in my front garden. |
30-08-2010, 06:35 PM
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| | | Re: ID this hairy fellow
This one is about at pupation stage, they overwinter as pupae. | | |
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