Caterpillar for ID
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2020 6:14 pm
Hi All,
A while since I posted one of these - mainly because I haven't seen any caterpillars for a while.
This one was snapped today on top of a small blackthorn bush in the fields behind us.
It's in the extreme top right of the first image. The blue string mysteriously appeared dotted about the hedges about 3 or 4 years ago - it's only this year the penny dropped that it must have been left after a Brown Hairstreak egg-hunting expedition.
The caterpillar is one of those that has all its leg action at the front and back ends. It appeared to be holding on to the twig with its mouth.
Assume it's a common moth species ?
A while since I posted one of these - mainly because I haven't seen any caterpillars for a while.
This one was snapped today on top of a small blackthorn bush in the fields behind us.
It's in the extreme top right of the first image. The blue string mysteriously appeared dotted about the hedges about 3 or 4 years ago - it's only this year the penny dropped that it must have been left after a Brown Hairstreak egg-hunting expedition.
The caterpillar is one of those that has all its leg action at the front and back ends. It appeared to be holding on to the twig with its mouth.
Assume it's a common moth species ?