Caterpillar for ID

[Deb London]

Can anyone help ID this caterpillar, found at the seaside near scrubland?



Thanks.

[faz]

i think its a browntail moth as you say found it by the coast (Euproctis chrysorrhoea) but as usal i may be wrong

[Wild-Woman]

Oak Eggar methinks.

[GuyF]

Originally Posted by Wild-Woman

Oak Eggar methinks.

Agreed!

[ladyhawk]

Oak Eggar yep,

[Deb London]

Thank you very much all.

Looks like WW has it.

I have been looking for a caterpillar identification site online. I think it would be a useful internet resource. I could get a book as I always seem to be asking about caterpillars, but an interactive tool, like at Rogers Mushrooms, would be a faster way to get a potential ID I think.

[GuyF]

Originally Posted by Deb London

Thank you very much all.

Looks like WW has it.

I have been looking for a caterpillar identification site online. I think it would be a useful internet resource. I could get a book as I always seem to be asking about caterpillars, but an interactive tool, like at Rogers Mushrooms, would be a faster way to get a potential ID I think.

I'm not sure whether you've seen this site before - Eggs, Larvae, Pupae and Adult Butterflies and Moths but I do find it extremely useful for caterpillars. The only downside is that you do need to know roughly which area to be looking in or you can spend a long time searching!
Guy

edit: I've also found this very useful - http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-...nts/index.dsml in narrowing down the search if you've found a caterpillar on its plant, although it's not particularly helpful when a plant has had hundreds of species recorded on it!

[Deb London]

That's a cool site. Thanks Guy.
Although yes, you have hit the nail on the head. The problem is that I don't know the right area to be looking in.