Monday 11 January 2016

caterpillar query

No moths but I found this when sweeping the lake off my decking this afternoon. Best I can find is Small Angle Shades  ... but open to correction.

I'll put it in the box that contains the buried (questionable ) pupae of Buff-tip and Buff Ermine and we'll see what happens in the Spring.






2 comments:

  1. Yes could well be the brown form of Angle Shades, though brown noctuid larvae are hard to name with certainty (ditto the green ones!).

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  2. Well ... we'll find out when the moth emerges, assuming the rain soaked creature survives to pupate.

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