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Can you please identify?

coccinellacoccinella Posts: 1,428
in Wildlife gardening
This was found inside a branch of an Amelanchier which snapped. On closer inspection I saw that there was a small hole and the thing burrowed its way through the branch. It is about 2 cm long. It has eaten its way along 50cm or thereabouts.  :o  

Luxembourg

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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    It's the larva of some sort of beetle, such as the lesser stag beetle, but they usually feed on rotting timber. Maybe that branch had already died.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Nel_StaffsNel_Staffs Posts: 93
    edited April 2023
    Larva of the wood leopard moth. Unfortunately the larva has done the damage. 
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    That's pretty rare in the UK. Is it in your garden in Luxembourg @coccinella? They like to eat fruit trees.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • coccinellacoccinella Posts: 1,428
    thank you @Nel_Staffs! I posted on the other thread. 

    Yes it is here in Luxembourg. This one was very happy in the Amelanchier perhaps because it is a tender young tree. 

    Luxembourg
  • Nel_StaffsNel_Staffs Posts: 93
    @coccinella
     Pleased to have my app which identified it from your photograph 😊. I'd never heard of the leopard moth. 
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