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    Found this rather spectacular creature on the underside of a raspberry leaf. Any ideas?

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    Location - Leicestershire - Chisit-land
    Endless wonder.

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    Is it a Vapourer Moth caterpillar? The Vapourer Orgyia antiqua - UKMoths

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    • #3
      Yes, that's it VC! Thanks. I'll have to move it off the rasps and out of the garden, I think, since the females apparently don't fly, otherwise it'll be a case of one this year, dozens the next, if this one turns out to be female.
      Location - Leicestershire - Chisit-land
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      • #4
        Wow VC, you sure know your moths!

        I'm a pretty keen spotter myself but I've not come across that chappie. I blame being brought up in the North... Vapourer moths are apparently mainly southerners.
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        • #5
          I think I prefer its common name - Rusty Tussock moth. It sounds much more rural somehow. Wonder why its called a vapourer. Apparently likes lime and birch trees, there's one of each just across the way, so out he/she goes tomorrow.
          Location - Leicestershire - Chisit-land
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          • #6
            I thought it was a Tussock moth but had to goggle which one - its aka Rusty Tussock
            Vapourer Moths - Rusty Tussocks - Orgyia antiqua - UK Safari

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            Last edited by veggiechicken; 17-07-2014, 06:58 PM.

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            • #7
              Gosh...never seen one of those before!

              Both the moth and caterpillar look lovely!
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