Just looked at my beautiful apricot verbascum and could not believe my eyes as it was totally bare except for a few leaves at the bottom. Even though I love my garden for it's beautiful flowers I was more than happy to sacrifice my flower spikes to this swarm of beautiful caterpillars.
I’m in London and just found two caterpillars on a stray wild mullein plant growing out of the paving. Wasn’t sure what they were so have given them an overnight bed in a jar with a few leaves and some drops of water to keep them going overnight. Just checked and they were asleep! Now I have identified them as Mullein Moth caterpillars I will return them to the plant in the morning. They are really beautiful creatures.
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Just looked at my beautiful apricot verbascum and could not believe my eyes as it was totally bare except for a few leaves at the bottom. Even though I love my garden for it's beautiful flowers I was more than happy to sacrifice my flower spikes to this swarm of beautiful caterpillars.
I’m in London and just found two caterpillars on a stray wild mullein plant growing out of the paving. Wasn’t sure what they were so have given them an overnight bed in a jar with a few leaves and some drops of water to keep them going overnight. Just checked and they were asleep! Now I have identified them as Mullein Moth caterpillars I will return them to the plant in the morning. They are really beautiful creatures.