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Help identifying our caterpillars :)

11 years ago

Would anyone be able to help identify our caterpillars? We have 8 so far (5 painted ladies) that I bought. But my boys have found another 3 in the garden. Albie a green caterpillar has already formed his pupa and we think he maybe a moth. Will add pictures :)

this is Albie, we've had him around 5 weeks as a very tiny baby.

this is Jeff that is getting ready to change.

this one we found this morning.

We would love some help identifying them :)

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MissSherry
11 years ago
I don't know UK leps, but leps in one family will look similar to those in the same family in other countries. So -

Jeff looks to be in the budworm group, looks very much like our corn earworm. These all make plain moths.

The one you found this morning looks to be in the tiger/tussock moth group. It looks a lot like our salt marsh moth (Estigmene acrea) caterpillars, I can even see a somewhat similar face. . Here's a picture I made of our North American (Southern part) salt marsh moth caterpillar -

And here's an adult that I raised -

If you look up Estigmene, you might find a UK counterpart for the salt marsh moth. I think they're very pretty!

Sherry
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