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Is this a Goat Moth caterpillar?

CloggieCloggie Posts: 1,457
edited May 2022 in Wildlife gardening
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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I think so @Cloggie
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • CloggieCloggie Posts: 1,457
    You can see I had a bit of finger trouble - slow connection down the garden.  So it IS a Goat Moth then?  Aren't they rare?
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I don’t think they are rare, they are native to England. I would tuck it away somewhere safe and let it emerge when it’s ready. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • CloggieCloggie Posts: 1,457
    We saw it on our dog walk, I wouldn't be too happy if it were in our garden, it eats apple trees. 
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Hollow apple trees are a key habitat for a lot of creatures though.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    We had a Goat Moth in a moth trap a few years ago. They're huge
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    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • JellyfireJellyfire Posts: 1,139
    Never seen one of those, that’s a beauty!
  • CloggieCloggie Posts: 1,457
    wild edges said:
    Hollow apple trees are a key habitat for a lot of creatures though.
    We have two inherited old apple trees.  I trimmed a low limb off one and was shocked to see it was hollow.  It has a massive mistletoe growing on it so it does well the hardy wee thing.  I looked in the hole for mistletoe roots ha ha!! Taking these pictures I noticed daylight in the hole and spotted another hole on the other side.  

  • ShepherdsBarnShepherdsBarn Posts: 401
    What an amazing tree ... you are so lucky to have mistletoe! 😊
  • Arthur1Arthur1 Posts: 542
    Old trees are often hollow. The cells in the central core of trees are compressed and dead anyway.
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