Caterpillar for ID (1 Viewer)

judge9847 said:

This really is for my own information! I was with my grandson on a pond dipping morning down at the Dungeness Nature Reserve a couple of weeks back and there, amongst the reeds, was the caterpillar that's the subject of the attached photograph.

I've looked on the net and in a (very limited) book I've got but I can't even begin to see anything that looks like it.

And that's kind of annoying isn't it? ) It sort of gets to you when you can't figure or make out what something is! (I was even reduced to looking in the books in one of the local bookshops yesterday!)

So if anyone can save me and tell me what it is, it would be very much appreciated! Thanks in advance.

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harry eales said:

Hi Mi Lord,

Your caterpillar is that of the Garden Tiger Moth, A. caja just about fully grown, what may have upset your I.D is it appears to have picked up some lumps of white fluff on the tail end, these wont harm it and will be discarded with the larval skin when it pupates.

Harry

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judge9847 said:

Harry, you are an officer, a gentleman AND a genius! Many, many thanks for the information.

(And the "Judge" bit is a hang over from my school days. I can't tell you why but it's very probably a corruption of "Ginger", a reference to my hair colour. Mind you, I quite like the "Mi Lord" bit ...

Again, many thanks for your swift reply

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