Can anyone tell me what plant this is please and what caterpillar is eating it? Many thanks

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  June 2022 edited June 2022

  That looks to me very much like a goat willow Salix Caprea … often self seeded into gardens by the fluffy wind-borne seeds … not always suitable for ‘normal’ gardens as they grow very large, but a wonderful food resource for all sorts of wildlife if you have enough space.

  
  

  The caterpillar I can see may be one of the sawflies … but I can’t see it clearly enough to be sure.  Probably destined to become a fledgling’s lunch very soon. 

  
  

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

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• clare_carrod Posts: 12

  June 2022

  Thank you that’s absolutely brilliant! I will leave it where it is for now as it’s not in a bad location! Glad it’s helping the wildlife! 

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