Caterpillar ID help please.

chris-iw · #1 (**permalink**) 01-10-2006, 08:54 PM

Can anybody help with this one please?

Cheers, Chris

chris-iw · #2 (**permalink**) 03-10-2006, 07:29 PM

Looks like its a mystery.

Wild-Woman · #3 (**permalink**) 03-10-2006, 08:00 PM

Hi Chris. I'm raking my through the Porter at the moment but this one is very hard. I'm sure someone will see it and know straight away but I'm still a Larvae Learner. I'll keep trying though! Julie

chris-iw · #4 (**permalink**) 04-10-2006, 07:24 PM

Thanks for looking Julie; its certainly got me bugged

I cant remember seeing one like this before.

Oy · #5 (**permalink**) 04-10-2006, 07:29 PM

Speckled Wood maybe?

Wild-Woman · #6 (**permalink**) 04-10-2006, 07:41 PM

I wondered about speckled wood Oy but my Porter book shows the lines down the back to be a lot narrower.
Chris is there a date on the picture? And was it on a flower in the garden-just it doesn't look like a wildflower? Try it from what it's consuming. Julie

chris-iw · #7 (**permalink**) 05-10-2006, 05:15 AM

Thanks Oy & Julie; I think the flower is an Arctotis, this picture was taken at Ventnor Botanic Gardens back in June or early July (Ithink), I'll check the original later - just off to work.

Cheers Chris

Wild-Woman · #8 (**permalink**) 05-10-2006, 05:33 AM

He he! One of my favourite places as a kid. I used to run around stroking the hairy palm trees there. Lots of exotic flowers as I remember too, so perhaps your caterpillar is??!!
So we've got exotic plants, the area is warm (I can also recall the gardens are on a landslip and south facing and had a greenhouse feel), Jun/July.
Back to the books. Julie