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20-05-2011, 12:54 PM
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| | | Caterpillar on Clematis
This bright green caterpillar, about 5cm/2" long, and his 2 friends, are eating my clematis. I would like to know if it is something rare and lovely in the making, or just common and boring because I'm sorry to say they really are going to have to leave or die if not identified as something special. 
The 2 others, slightly smaller, have a more pronounced pale stripe down their sides.  |
20-05-2011, 03:09 PM
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| | | Re: Caterpillar on Clematis
Think I had this answered earlier this week. Twin Spotted Quaker. You can search photo's of it on this site.
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20-05-2011, 05:17 PM
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| | | Re: Caterpillar on Clematis
Thank you GaryH. A rather lovely name, and a pretty caterpillar for what appears to be a quite dull moth.
I could only find very minimal info with photo and can only assume it is common.
As I am new and having a little trouble navigating around WAB, could some clever person please find out if there is a wild plant/tree they like to eat, so that I can move them off my poor clematis? Don't really want to kill them.
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20-05-2011, 10:08 PM
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| | | Re: Caterpillar on Clematis
Umm......... the photos of the caterpillar of the Twin Spotted Quaker I have found online don't look like this........ |
21-05-2011, 08:46 AM
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| | | Re: Caterpillar on Clematis
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Originally Posted by Jennie  Umm......... the photos of the caterpillar of the Twin Spotted Quaker I have found online don't look like this........ | They look like this ................! Twin-spotted Quaker Orthosia munda - UKMoths
Anyone have any idea what the original one is? |
21-05-2011, 09:23 AM
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| | | Re: Caterpillar on Clematis
I'm not at all sure, but the first could be Black Rustic.
Apparently they eat various low-growing plants including some grasses and clovers, so if you release them in a grassy area (perhaps near a hedge to give them some more options) hopefully they might find something that they like 
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21-05-2011, 12:15 PM
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| | | Re: Caterpillar on Clematis
Definitely not twin spotted quaker then.
I have "released" them in grass near trees, each with a bit of clematis attached as a snack for their journey, and wished them good luck 
Probably inside a birdy's tum by now. RIP, and I still don't know what they were  | | |
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