East Sussex meet up.

[Mike Jackson]

Never seen one before. Nasty looking beasts. It looked about the size of a large Alsation and those tusks looked like they could do some serious damage. You could also see how coarse the hair was.

[Looking]

Some of you may remember that when we had the walk on 5 Sep 2009 That I took away with me a few caterpillars.
I made a note that I should report back here with this one when it emerged.
So the first one is:
Peppered Moth - Biston betularia.

and a few more details if you want them.

Common Name. Peppered Moth
Latin Name. Biston betularia
Grid Ref. TQ795202
Location. Holman Wood
Date Collected. 5 Sep 2009
Date Pupated. 2 Nov 2009
Date Emerged. 14 May 2010
Number of caterpillars found. 1
Plant found on. Plant by stream try willow?
Food plant put with it is. Plant by stream try willow?
Where put = Container number. N82

2 Nov
It has made a pupa.

14 May 2010
It has emerged and is a Peppered Moth - Biston betularia.

Regards Dave Monk

[Tobyh]

Interesting to know Dave

Mike - great spot on the boar - only just read about that.

[Mike Jackson]

We also spotted a group of 7 juvenile males about 6 weeks later.

[Looking]

Another of the caterpillars has emerged that I promised to report back here about. Your files are probably named wrong. I thought at the time it would be a Beautiful Carpet. But it was a Little Emerald - Jodis lactearia.
Regards Dave Monk

[Looking]

And another that I promised to report back.
The dot moth caterpillar did turn out to be a dot moth.
Dave