The Imperial nursery is flourishing here, but can anyone identify this larger caterpillar which appeared in the moth trap and has taken happily to hawthorn - and to sharing it with the little Emperors? It moves extremely fast. Martin Wainwright, Thrupp, Oxon
Hi Martin,
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Thanks very much, Marc. I will expel it forthwith. all v best M
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