red and black caterpillar id

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red and black caterpillar id

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21-05-2011, 11:36 AM

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red and black caterpillar id

hello can anyone id this caterpillar please. found on a bit of bracken on the edge of a heathland/pine/ scrub block cheers

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21-05-2011, 01:02 PM

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Re: red and black caterpillar id

Hi Mark and welcome to WAB.

It's the larva of a Yellow-tail moth (Euproctis similis)

Yellow-tail Euproctis similis - UKMoths

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