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    Caterpillar?

    Can anyone identify a caterpillar(?) for me. I've asked around my allotments and a few people have seen them but don't recognise the type.

    The beastie was about 1 1/2 inches long and a bit over 1/8th inch wide, so quite small. Markings were alternating black/bright yellow hoops.

    Any ideas?
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  • #2
    this the beastie DFV?

    http://tinyurl.com/qpg2w

    Welcome to the vine.
    ntg
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    • #3
      It looks very close - I remember it being a bit more yellow (rather than orange), but as I've got quite a lot of ragwort near my plot, the habitat seems to fit.
      Thanks Nick

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      • #4
        Some of them are yellow rather than Orange. It's probably a variant of the cinibar moth. If you've got ragwort on your plot you are supposed to cut it down as if it spreads to pasture land it's poisonous to livestock. I used to have to help mt friiend once a year go around & spray all the ragwort to kill it off incase his lambs ate it.
        ntg
        Never be afraid to try something new.
        Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
        A large group of professionals built the Titanic
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