Colourful and tufty moth-erpillar

[Dannica]

Pictures aren't great, but if anyone can work out what this is that'd be vondabaaar. Apparently there are two moth caterpillars that look very alike, and this is one of them, but we're not sure which. I'd like to get some confirmation so I can tell Butterfly Conservation, as it was at one of their reserves.
Ta,
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[earthdragon64]

I can't really tell from the photos, but try Pale Tussock on the UK Leps website.

Lepidoptera Species by Common Name in Alphabetical Order

Alternatively Dark Tussock or The Drinker are quite tufty.

Regards, Audrey.

[poschiavanus]

The photographs are not really good enough to allow a certain identification. They are over-exposed so its very difficult to be sure of colours.

Candidates which come to my mind include the Yellow-tail, Grey Dagger and Dark Dagger, but there's not enough info for me to choose or check these IDs.

Oddly enough a side-on view of similar quality would have been more useful in eliminating certain possibilities.

[Dogghound]

Yellow Tail Euproctis similis this is only a young larvae (in the the form it hibernates).

[Dannica]

Originally Posted by poschiavanus

The photographs are not really good enough to allow a certain identification. They are over-exposed so its very difficult to be sure of colours.

Candidates which come to my mind include the Yellow-tail, Grey Dagger and Dark Dagger, but there's not enough info for me to choose or check these IDs.

Oddly enough a side-on view of similar quality would have been more useful in eliminating certain possibilities.

I'm pretty sure it was the daggers which were immediate contenders. We went back in to the area of youngish trees where I found it, but I couldn't find it again that evening for an ID

[poschiavanus]

Both the daggers have dark heads, and overwinter as pupae. This does not fit those criteria.