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24-09-2010, 09:50 PM
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| | | Larval stage but similar to adult stick insect
Hi all
Apologies for the lack of photos (I do have some but not on this computer) but a friend came across a larva which had features of a moth or butterfly larva (short stumpy legs and segmented body, smooth and without visible hairs) but the tail section of it looked more like the horny sections of chitin I normally associate with stick insects. This was in the UK. If anyone can help an ID from with that description I'd be most grateful, I will try and get the photos on here in the meantime.
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24-09-2010, 10:15 PM
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| | | Re: Larval stage but similar to adult stick insect
I don't know what you mean by chitin and I am not familiar with stick insects but I wondered if it was one of the hawk moth caterpillars which have a horned tail. |
25-09-2010, 01:12 PM
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| | | Re: Larval stage but similar to adult stick insect
Wild stab in the dark...Lobster moth caterpillar??  |
25-09-2010, 04:48 PM
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| | | Re: Larval stage but similar to adult stick insect
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Originally Posted by k4t3  Wild stab in the dark...Lobster moth caterpillar?? | Nice one, that's the fellow. Now to find out about it,
Cheers
Bill |
29-09-2010, 09:22 AM
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| | | Re: Larval stage but similar to adult stick insect
Nice find Bill
Was it on Beech?
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30-09-2010, 07:12 AM
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| | | Re: Larval stage but similar to adult stick insect
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Originally Posted by Lance Morgan Nice find Bill
Was it on Beech? | A friend found it and yes I believe it was in the leaf litter under beech. They aren't rare at all are they?
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30-09-2010, 07:21 AM
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| | | Re: Larval stage but similar to adult stick insect
Not rare but local mainly confined to the South.
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01-10-2010, 07:22 AM
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| | | Re: Larval stage but similar to adult stick insect
Thanks, this was in Wiltshire.
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