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Grandma

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Caterpillar identity please?
« on: August 27, 2009, 16:01:25 »
Found this beautiful creature munching its way through the sweet basil on my kitchen window sill! I've Googled caterpillars without any success - I think it's a moth rather than a butterfly.





I've never seen anything like it! Any ideas, please?
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Re: Caterpillar identity please?
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2009, 16:06:00 »
seen his type before but can't remember what it was, it was on here, not to long ago..will see if I can find it  ;D
is it this ?
http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,53296.msg542476.html#new
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Re: Caterpillar identity please?
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2009, 16:06:51 »
i think its a Vapourer/Rusty Tussock - 'Orgyia antiqua' found one in my garden way back in May
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Re: Caterpillar identity please?
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2009, 16:09:15 »
It looks like a Tussock Moth caterpillar but i dont know what type of Tussock moth

Duke :)
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Re: Caterpillar identity please?
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2009, 17:23:24 »
That looks like it, Manics!

It was such a beautiful looking thing, I just had to find what it was - and knew the clever folks on here would know!

Thanks, to you all, for your help.

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