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Caterpillars
Joy Elisabeth
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My primroses and primulas are being shredded by brown caterpillars. They like to shred the leaves and eat the tops of the flowers just before they flower.
I think they must come out at night because I don't always see them during the day but I found about 8 yesterday when inspecting closely.
Can anyone advise please....?
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Its a bit early in the year for caterpillars. Do you have a photo of the beasts?
I know ... they've been around on and off for at least a month! Don't have a photo at the mo but I will take my phone out and try and catch one. Some are big - about an inch when they uncurl.
A-ha! Just popped out and there he was ....
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Angle shades are beautiful moths
What a beautiful creature!
Yes, beautiful
In the sticks near Peterborough
Beautiful and original to look at ... not so beautiful when munching my primulas. Found another 4 caterpillars in the dark this evening. Do birds feed at night?
Where do the caterpillars hide during the day?
This may be of some use to you Joy Elisabeth - https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=502
Pick them off and put them on the wild plants suggested - moths pollinate just the same as butterflies and bees ....... it would be a shame to destroy them ........