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22-06-2005, 07:06 AM
| | New Member | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lancing West Sussex Nr Worthing
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| | | Garden Tiger Moth
Hi All,
last evening whilst sitting out in my garden,i spotted a rather large catapillar
crawling across the lawn,having not seen one like this before,had to find out what it was,black and orange very hairy,looking in a book to identify it found it out to be the garden tiger moth,i live about 4 miles from worthing on the sussex coast,if anyone has use of this info for recording their habitat.
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22-06-2005, 12:05 PM
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| | Hi Snowey,
Any chance of a photograph of the caterpillar? You can either post it here on the forum or alternatively in the Gallery.
You should have a local biodiversity group near you with a county records officer that would certainly welcome your find. Take a look in our directory -http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/directory - and you should be able to find one |
08-08-2005, 01:40 PM
| | New Member | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Worthing, West Sussex
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| | | I have a garden tiger moth laying eggs on my windowsill at this very moment, how long is it before they turn into caterpillars?? I am in Worthing, west sussex |
09-08-2005, 08:18 AM
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| | | Eggs will probably hatch in a few days. These are difficult creatures to rear as they overwinter as small caterpillars and it's hard to get the conditions right in captivity. Best to let nature take its course - though if the eggs are on the windowsill the caterpillars may need some help getting to a suitable food plant.
henrya |
09-08-2005, 12:48 PM
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Thankyou for replying, do you know what the most suitable plant would be? The adult was hovering around my hanging baskets which have marigolds, geraniums, petunias and lobelia in them. Are any of these suitable do you think?? |
09-08-2005, 12:57 PM
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| | | The books say it feeds on lots of things "a wide variety of garden and wild plants". So yes, the caterpillars will probably find something they like in your hanging baskets!
henrya |
09-08-2005, 05:34 PM
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| | oh thats good. thanks. I shall look forward to them hatching, i have never seen one before. |
12-08-2005, 12:02 AM
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| | | Garden Tiger Moths use to be really common where I live in Hertfordshire but I hav'nt seen one round here in 20 years. Global Warmming! |
13-08-2005, 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Lee B. Global Warmming! | Pesticides!  |
30-08-2005, 10:23 PM
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| | | I think the eggs of the Garden Tiger Moth on my window ledge must have died, they all seem to have what looks like pin pricks in them?? and i havent seen one hairy caterpillar yet! bit disappointed actually because I have never seen one before. Unless there are some in my hanging baskets. I shall look tomorrow | | | |
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