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Caterpillar

Found this just now climbing up my Rose Bush, do I need to be concerned? Is it likely to have a partner/ laid eggs

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  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497

    They eat a range of plants so you can move it to something else if you're worried about the roses. You probably won't notice much damage though. They're not a major pest and the adults are important pollinators.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    Caterpilars are below the age of legal insect sex. They are unlikely to have a partner or lay eggs. 
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
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