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gray_b

Joined: 24 Jun 2011
Posts: 254
Location: Leafy Shires of the Midlands

Posted: Sun Jun 21, 15 8:55 am Post subject: Caterpiller ID ?
I have scoured the internet, and all of my books but I cannot identify this caterpillar. They is eating my quince leaves. Any body any ideas, as I have 2 species in mind, but they are not quite correct to the books. [/url]

johnc

Joined: 16 May 2005
Posts: 101
Location: Hay on Wye

Posted: Sun Jun 21, 15 9:04 am Post subject:
It's a Vapourer Moth caterpillar

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Sun Jun 21, 15 9:27 am Post subject:
yep.

gray_b

Joined: 24 Jun 2011
Posts: 254
Location: Leafy Shires of the Midlands

Posted: Sun Jun 21, 15 11:18 am Post subject:
That looks like the one. I think I will move them off my quinces thou. Wikipedia says they like Prunus, so I will put them onto some blackthorn. But I must watchout for the toxins on the bristles.

Falstaff

Joined: 27 May 2009
Posts: 1014

Posted: Sun Jun 21, 15 4:08 pm Post subject:

Don't worry about "Toxins" , you'll never notice them !

They'll be fine on Blackthorn or hawthorn and since the females have no wings, wherever you put them, you're pretty much starting new colonies - I'd spread them about a bit, where you think they'll be safe from too much cutting !

The cocoons are quite high up the twigs, so may well get destroyed by even quite light trimming in the winter.

lovely caterpillars - almost completely grown btw so they won't be "stripping your bushes"

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