Topic: Tiger caterpiller

[cornykev]

Hi I've found three catapillers on my plot with yellowy / gold and back stripes has anyone any idea what they are called and I take it they are an enemy. Any sites I can look on to compare as I never took a photo.  ???     :-\       ;D ;D ;D

[Flighty]

You might be able to identify it here

http://www.whatsthiscaterpillar.co.uk/

[Unwashed]

Like this cinnabar moth caterpillar?

[cornykev]

I couldn't find it on there Flighty and unwashed, its the same colours but your one has twelve thin stripes where as mine has four or five thicker stripes and not as hairy or the long antenna's.     :-\       ;D ;D ;D

[Robert_Brenchley]

Are the stripes round the middle or longitudinal? What's it feeding on, and whaqt size is it?

[jjt]

   Alder moth caterpillar maybe. Perhaps too many stripes though. I know they're around at the moment. If you google it you'll find a picture.

[cornykev]

No its not the Alder Moth. It has 4/5 stripes of each colour around the middle, I never found it feeding on anything just on the soil near the weeds I had thrown into a pile from the brassicas. It's about an inch and a half long and about a biro pen in thickness and furry I never killed then because they looked so nice, I just threw them over the fence into the park.  ???    ;D ;D ;D