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10-06-2011, 07:41 PM
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| | | Are these Cinnabar (and one other!)
Today we noticed loads of these on early Ragwort plants.Cinnabar adults were around in numbers.
They don't look anything like the usual Cinnabar caterpillar, but I've never seen them in the very early stages. These were very small, around 10mm in length. 
If anyone can correctly id them I'd be grateful. 
Also this one: 
Missed the focus but I hope there's enough to identify it.
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10-06-2011, 07:53 PM
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dont think so thought they had yellow and black bands not spots might wrong though 
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10-06-2011, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by faz  dont think so thought they had yellow and black bands not spots might wrong though | The one's I've always seen have black bands so I suppose they're not, I'd still like to know what they are though as there were hundreds of them! |
10-06-2011, 07:59 PM
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Is the second one a Burnet?
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I think it's a six-spot burnet. Don't know about the first lot though.
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10-06-2011, 08:14 PM
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poss striped lychnis moth ( hadena dicruris) ? i may be proven wrong
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Thanks for the Burnet id, that looks right. Must get back when it matures as I've got very few (if any!) six- spots! |
10-06-2011, 10:05 PM
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| | | Re: Are these Cinnabar (and one other!)
I think your first suggestion of early instar Cinnabar moths is probably correct. I remember seeing a similar grouping a while ago, and a couple of web sites suggest the young larvae are predominantly yellow in colour.
The second is certainly a Burnet caterpillar, usually they can be separated on hair length. King's Meadow NR is a good spot locally for both narrow-bordered 5-spot and 6-spot IIRC. I saw 4 newly merged 6-spot adults at the Jubilee Campus of Nottingham University yesterday. | | |
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