Tuesday, 6 October 2015

caterpillar ID please

Any suggestions?

Now found that it is a Peppered Moth...or rather will be next year!

9 comments:

Andrea Ingram said...

I think that may be Brian. Looks like him :-)

kjsutcliffe said...

?shoulder stripe moth caterpillar?http://www.bugsandweeds.co.uk/moths%20p2.html#ShouldStr

Relatively Retiring said...

Send it to Pohangina Pete?

gz said...

I've got it!...http://ukmoths.org.uk/species/biston-betularia/larva-8/

gz said...

the peppered moth

Fresca said...

Oh---while I was "researching" you got it!

I was just going to post my findings:
So cool!
I googled "British caterpillar looks like green stick" and it looks like a peppered moth caterpillar (?).
I've never heard of such a thing---does that sound familiar?

This Cornwall blog even posted a photo of one on October 4 (2013)
www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife/wildlife_gardening/wildlife_garden_blog/wildlife_garden_blog_2013

Julia said...

Andrea :)

Jenny Woolf said...

I don't know - but isn't it well disguised!

Andrea Ingram said...

TBH, I think it was bad form to put Brian up on an ID photo call without any other caterpillars in the line. Just saying