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Moth and
Butterfly Caterpillars and
Sawfly larvae |
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Photos © Brian Ecott unless otherwise stated. |
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Moth and Butterfly larvae or
caterpillars have three pairs of true legs and four pairs of prolegs, one
of each pair can be clearly seen in the picture below. All other
caterpillars have variable numbers of prolegs, such as five pairs or more
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Caterpillar
of the Cinnabar moth. It is a very avid eater of Ragwort and will eat a
plant to the ground before climbing another.
17th July 2014. © Michael Rumble.
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Hungry striped orange and black
caterpillars of the Cinnabar moth Tyria jacobaeae feeding
on ragwort. They will eat a plant down to the ground and move on
to the next. Their bodies contain poison accrued from the Ragwort
plant and many predators avoid them. 21st July 2015. |
The Cinnabar moth
caterpillar Tyria jacobaeae feeding on its foodplant Ragwort in
the meadow. 4th August 2016. Found between July - early September when
it pupates in the soil and emerges as a moth May to July. |
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Caterpillar
of Cinnabar moth on ragwort 21st July 2012 |
Cinnabar moth caterpillars 21st July 2013 |
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Pale Tussock moth caterpillar
(40mm.).2nd October 2005 |
Pale Tussock moth
caterpillar 5th October 2004 |
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Sycamore moth caterpillar. 28th
September 09 |
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The Buff-tip Phalera bucephala.
Caterpillar feeding on Oak
leaves near the lake. Feed from July to September, when they pupate in the
soil. 35mm.
10th September 2014. |
Buff-tip moth
caterpillar 22nd September 2016 Photo © Raymond Small. |
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Buff-tip moth caterpillars
stripping oak leaves. Photo: 21st July 2006. |
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Above and below:
Tortrix moth caterpillars dropping to the ground on the ends of gossamer
threads were being investigated by black ants- 31st May 2013 |
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Figure of Eight caterpillar |
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Mottled Umber caterpillar |
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Attached to a leaf stalk of
Garlic mustard
is a tiny orange egg 1.2mm tall. Scanned at a high
magnification shows vertical red ridges around the egg which will soon
hatch and feed on the leaves and stems. Scan 24th April 2014 |
Four days after the egg left was
scanned the young caterpillar 5mm. of the Orange tip butterfly was found in the flower head. Scan
28th April 2014. |
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VAPOURER MOTH Cocoon with eggs on the outside.
20th August 2005 |
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Attractive Vapourer
moth caterpillar 31 August 2005 |
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The Drinker moth
caterpillar Euthrix potatoria on meadow. The caterpillar
overwinters in grass tussocks and resumes feeding in mid April. It pupates
in June and emerges as a moth in July. 7th May 04 |
The Drinker moth caterpillar
(25mm) on sheep wire fencing. 28th Sept |
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Caterpillar of the Lackey
moth
Malacosoma neustria 29th May 2016.
Photo
©
Brian Ecott.
Normally found on hawthorn
or blackthorn.
May have fallen onto the
bramble leaf from from the hedge.
With thanks to Colin Plant,
Moth recorder, London Natural History Society. |
Purple Hairstreak butterfly caterpillar on oak stem on Cabin Hill June
2001. Photo © Iris Newbery |
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Knotgrass caterpillar on Borage in the wildlife garden |
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Common Quaker moth caterpillar on maple
24th June 2010 |
Common white wave caterpillar
Cabera pusaria on Hazel leaf 13 Sept 2012. |
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Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing moth
caterpillar Noctua
fimbriata, found in the wildlife garden 11th May 2009. |
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Caterpillar on willow leaf 29 6 13 Lake edge |
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Poplar Grey moth Caterpillar |
Garden Tiger
caterpillar 30th June © Michael Rumble |
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Dot moth caterpillar Melanchra persicariae ox-eye
19th June 2016. |
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Sawfly larvae |
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Rose sawfly
Arge ochropus
larvae devouring the leaflets of
wild rose.
10th July 2015 |
Larvae of
the Rose Sawfly feeding on the leaves. 15th July 2012 |
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Rose sawfly larva. 28th September 2008 |
Oak Sawfly larva |
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Oak
sawfly larva
Periclista
lineolata a pest of oak trees.
Photo ©
Michael Rumble
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Oak sawfly larva on oak leaf. 8th June |
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Voracious larvae of
Hazel Sawfly Croesus septentrionalis on Hazel leaf. |
Close up of Hazel sawfly
larvae above. 13th September 2012. |
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Willow sawfly larva 12th June 2013 Photo © Michael
Rumble |
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Iris
Sawfly larvae feeding on Yellow iris plants on the edge of the
lake. 5th July 2004. Individual larva above |
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I found this "slug" eating the
upper layer of cells on a pear leaf. On further examination I identified
it as a Pear slug-worm, It is the larva of a Cherry sawfly
Caliroa cerasi. It is neither slug nor worm but an insect larva which
is covered in a thick black slime. Fruit trees by the farm. 17th July
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A Slug worm, the larva of a
Sawfly Caliroa annulipes on oak leaf.
It is feeding on the soft tissues on the underside of the oak leaf leaving
skeletonised patches. 10th July 2015. |
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