Caterpilar for i.d please

[Kevin Jarvis]

Hi all

Taken at Crayford Marshes in London this a.m.
Can someone please help with the i.d?

Many thanks. Kev.

[Anzu]

Heya,

Do you have a side on photo? Or if not did it have a horn or a hump at the rear?

[Kevin Jarvis]

Hi Anzu

Here is a side view.
Many thanks. Kev

[Anzu]

Thank you

I am wondering whether it might be a Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa)?

I see a broken white line along the back, pale line below the spiracles and oblique dark stripes above the spiracles. Also the body shape, head and legs look the same. The colour can vary from brown to green (I think it depends on what it has been eating?)

I am not an expert though, I'm looking at my insect book.

[Kevin Jarvis]

Thank you very much Anzu.
Much appreciated

Kev.

[potatoe-mouse]

I don't know much about caterpillars, but I saw these in may garden when I stayed in Edinburgh (on my Courgettes), and Angle Shades were one of the few Moths we used to get there.

[Lance Morgan]

It is the Angleshades moth. they come in brown too. Will breed all year round if the weather is favourable. (mild winters).