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Another caterpillar for ID please
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 4:05 pm
by millerd
Found today at Dawneys Hill, part of the Surrey heathlands. Velvety-black with thin pale yellow stripes, and fairly hairy.
All my attempts to ID online with this description frustratingly lead to the cinnabar moth, which I am 100% sure it is not!
Any ideas, anyone?
Cheers,
Dave
Re: Another caterpillar for ID please
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 4:10 pm
by bugboy
Fox Moth
Re: Another caterpillar for ID please
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 8:21 pm
by millerd
Cheers, Buggy - I didn't realise how variable these can be. I've seen a Fox Moth caterpillar before, but it didn't look like that at all.
Dave
Re: Another caterpillar for ID please
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 8:22 pm
by bugboy
millerd wrote: ↑Wed Jul 28, 2021 8:21 pm
Cheers, Buggy - I didn't realise how variable these can be. I've seen a Fox Moth caterpillar before, but it didn't look like that at all.
Dave
As I understand it this is a younger model, in later instars they lose the orange stripes.