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pdwinter · May 22, 2020

I came across this larva on 21.05.20 in south Hampshire and thought it might be a sawfly larva but all my internet searching and pattern matching have failed miserably.

ApusApus · May 22, 2020

It looks like the Magpie Moth larva, Abraxas grossulariata!

Shane

aeshna5 · May 23, 2020

ApusApus said:
It looks like the Magpie Moth larva, Abraxas grossulariata!

Shane

I don't know what it is but it doesn't look like this to me. Can't find any images of Magpie like this one.

ApusApus · May 23, 2020

aeshna5 said:
I don't know what it is but it doesn't look like this to me. Can't find any images of Magpie like this one.

You're right, on reflection it's not a Magpie Moth!

Shane

Ficedula · May 23, 2020

pdwinter said:
I came across this larva on 21.05.20 in south Hampshire and thought it might be a sawfly larva but all my internet searching and pattern matching have failed miserably.

Always helpful to mention foodplant when looking for an identification of caterpillar.
this is Depressaria daucella

pdwinter · May 23, 2020

Ficedula said:
Always helpful to mention foodplant when looking for an identification of caterpillar.
this is Depressaria daucella

Thanks Ficedula - I'm afraid my plant ID is even worse than my caterpillar ID!

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