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Thursday, 24 May 2018

Big brother


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

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2 comments:

  1. Marc Botham24 May 2018 at 17:07

    Hi Martin,

    Looks like a Satellite larva to me. I'd turf it out as they tend to eat other caterpillars, although perhaps emperors are too hairy? BW, Marc

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  2. Martin Wainwright24 May 2018 at 17:33

    Thanks very much, Marc. I will expel it forthwith. all v best M

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