Web (?) for ID please

cutecoot · #1 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 10:14 PM

Not sure if I've posted this on the right thread as I don't really know what this is or what type of 'beast' makes it

No doubt someone on here will be able to help me out

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Kayleigh · #2 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 10:17 PM

looks like some sort of tent caterpillar did you see anything in it or poo deposits..

Hedera · #3 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 10:21 PM

It could be a moth's larva home. Is it on a shrub or fruit tree? Any sign of little brown caterpillars, although it's a bit late now for them.

Rossco · #4 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 10:23 PM

Could be ermine moth caterpillars.

Teal · #5 (**permalink**) 06-11-2009, 04:07 PM

There are I think several moth caterpillars it could be not least the Lackey. I found a similar web in May on blackthorn. I'm not sure these are Lackey however not very clear pic as I didn't have my good camera

charlieb · #6 (**permalink**) 06-11-2009, 04:44 PM

Teal - yes I think you are right - they look like Lackeys to me

cutecoot - almost certainly a caterpillar, as others have suggested. Could be a number of species e.g. the ermines, Hawthorn Moth Scythropia crataegella, Brown-tail are some possibilites (and Lackey!)