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mavissharples01mavissharples01 Posts: 3
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can anyone tell me what type of caterpillar is the attached photo they are just starting to hatch. 

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I’m sorry the photo is too blurry to decipher. 
    Is it possible to get a clearer one?
    Are you (and the caterpillar) in the UK?  What sort of plant is it on?

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





  • mavissharples01mavissharples01 Posts: 3
    No sorry, that was the only one I got. The caterpillar was dark  green with the very dark stripe down both sides. I  did not find them (yes there were about 30) on plants they were on the back of the house. I have never had this before as anything like that is usually on plants. I grow a lot of bromeliads and caterpillas love them (usually). I am in Australia, in Far North Queensland... the tropics.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Ah ... most of us are UK and Europe based. I’ll flag this up to @Pat E who is in Australia and very knowledgeable ... perhaps she’ll have a suggestion. 

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





  • mavissharples01mavissharples01 Posts: 3
    Many thanks
  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316
    Hello Mavissharples, I’m in the Snowy Mountain region of NSW, but I lived in Darwin for 13 years until Cyclone Tracy, so have a bit of knowledge of gardening in the warmer regions.😏
    i wasn’t able to identify your caterpillar from your photo, but the closest I found on line was the Cesar Australia ones.

    It would be helpful to know which plants it likes to live on and what the emerging butterflies look like.

    S. E. NSW
  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316
    Ps. Thanks Dove, for letting me know. 

    S. E. NSW
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