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Caterpillar
Forester2
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I don't often see caterpillars in the garden only on the veg leaves chomping at the brassicas.
. Can anyone tell me what this one is please?
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I had that on my rose bush the other week - we identified it - I'll find the thread .... hold on ....
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It's the caterpillar of the Vapourer Moth
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/website/forestresearch.nsf/ByUnique/INFD-8GQDY8
Yes, found it - the Vapourer Moth
http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/wildlife-gardening/caterpillar-id/372043.html
Strangely my caterpillar had two dark yellow spots and two bright yellow spots, but definitely a Vapourer all the same.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Vapourer - sounds like a genteel lady with the smelling salts on Downton
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thank you. You are all so clever.
Such an attractive caterpillar for a hum drum looking moth.
I like your description Dove as that will help register it in my brain.