Does anyone know what type of caterpillar this is? I found it under a Verbascum. Im guessing it's a moth of some sort? Wednesday, 18 March 2009
Caterpillar conundrums
Does anyone know what type of caterpillar this is? I found it under a Verbascum. Im guessing it's a moth of some sort? 
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The more I look at this picture, the more I love it!
ReplyDeleteIt's an angle shades moth. I picked a few of them out a little while ago (on my own blog). They come in every colour from brown through the greeny-yellow you have to the bright green I had. Destroy! Destroy!
ReplyDeleteYes, I concur with the above blogger! kill kill kill, squish it!
ReplyDelete@julia and Matron I have the help of the birds to dispose of the plump green grubs!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the replies and help, please follow my blog!
Hi Ryan. I'm growing verbascum just to attract verbascum moth caterpillars - I love them, they're so colourful. Cheers, Simon
ReplyDeleteThese Verbascum seeded themselves in my raspberries. No idea where they came from but they are more than welcome!
ReplyDeleteI quite like caterpillars and I usually leave them well alone. The blackbird does have a liking for them though!
I found a brown one today on a neighboring verbascum!
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