Jim
Little yellow caterpiller
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Little yellow caterpiller
This is what I found on an otherwise unsuccessful mushroom hunt. The catch was worth the walk, though.
Jim
Jim
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Harold Gough
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- Location: Reading, Berkshire, England
Not a Lymantriid (Tussock Moth); as these cats have very obvious dorsal tussocks.
My guess is a Tiger Moth, specifically a Banded Tussock Moth (how confusing is that!) Halysidota tessellaris. The head is to the right; it has lost some of the white hairs at the head end and some of the side hairs - the "feet" are usually not visible.
My guess is a Tiger Moth, specifically a Banded Tussock Moth (how confusing is that!) Halysidota tessellaris. The head is to the right; it has lost some of the white hairs at the head end and some of the side hairs - the "feet" are usually not visible.
NU.
student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
Nikon camera, lenses and objectives
Olympus microscope and objectives
student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
Nikon camera, lenses and objectives
Olympus microscope and objectives
It has been over two years now, since I have seen any of these types of caterpillars in my area. Not to say there were not any, just not any that I had seen. I used to see them quite often but the season is not quite over with yet, there may still be an appearance of some this year. Nice details in this. 