Insect identification

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• madpenguin Posts: 2,543

  October 2018

  Could it be a Peppered Moth caterpillar?

  “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings

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• sandra f Posts: 21

  October 2018

  Thank you .I've googled peppered moth and it is identical.
  Good to know what's around us.

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• charlesclark1567 Posts: 4

  November 2018

  It is peppered moth caterpillar and they can do a great deal of damage to your vegetable production
  
  
  

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  November 2018

  Peppered moth isnt considered a problem in UK gardens 

  
  Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• nutcutlet Posts: 27,445

  November 2018

  The Peppered moth has an interesting genetic variation history
  http://www.mothscount.org/text/63/peppered_moth_and_natural_selection.html
  
  

  
  
  In the sticks near Peterborough

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• nutcutlet Posts: 27,445

  November 2018

  Nothing more depressing than a mentally exhausted moth  
  We get a few in the moth trap most years

  
  
  In the sticks near Peterborough

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