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  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I'm not sure why my first photo is tiny. :#
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    wild edges said:
    I'm not sure why my first photo is tiny. :#

    Here you are!

  • bullfinchbullfinch Posts: 692
    Would anyone know what this caterpillar will grow into please?
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    Possibly this:

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I was browsing the new records for today on iNaturalist and came across an entry for a Hairy Beech Gall. Not something I've heard of before and there were only 4 or 5 records for Wales on there and none in my area on there or NBN atlas. There are a lot of beech trees around here though and they're at their largest at this time of year so I took the dog for a walk and went looking for them. This was on the first tree I looked at. It won't win any beauty contests and contains some kind of midge larvae but it's something new to me and finding out about new things makes me happy. :)

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • bullfinchbullfinch Posts: 692
    @BobTheGardener, thank you  :)
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    bullfinch said:
    Would anyone know what this caterpillar will grow into please?
    I'm going to say Knotgrass moth. It's hard to tell but the orange pattern looks different to the Yellow Tail.

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • bullfinchbullfinch Posts: 692
    @wild edges, thank you
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