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Tuesday, 28 April 2020
Hanging caterpillar
I found this caterpillar the other day suspended from a foxglove leaf. Within a few minutes of taking the photo, it disappeared - presumably it dropped to the ground ready to pupate.
I think it may be a Lesser Yellow Underwing?
Hello Steve, Not sure about species but it doesn't look very well! Not many larvae feed on Foxglove because it is poisonous but I see that Lesser Yellow Underwing is amongst the few which seem able to cope with the toxins.
Hello Steve,
ReplyDeleteNot sure about species but it doesn't look very well! Not many larvae feed on Foxglove because it is poisonous but I see that Lesser Yellow Underwing is amongst the few which seem able to cope with the toxins.