Help with caterpillar ID please, Scotland. (1 Viewer)

[NIK III]

Is anyone familiar with this beastie? From memory it was 40-50mm. Photo taken early April on St Abbs Head, Berwickshire.

Thanks a lot

 

[Tri-Counties Birder]

I wonder if thats a Beetle larva.

 

[NIK III]

I wonder if thats a Beetle larva.

Thanks for your thoughts Sean. I thought it may have been a dark arches larva, but I haven't a clue really.

 

[Wandered Scot]

Hi there, just going through the backlog here, and I think you are as close as you will get calling it Black Arches. Looks a fairly good match, only hatching or a microscope and patience would confirm it though.

cheers jim:scribe:

 

[NIK III]

Hi there, just going through the backlog here, and I think you are as close as you will get calling it Black Arches. Looks a fairly good match, only hatching or a microscope and patience would confirm it though.

cheers jim:scribe:

Thanks a lot Jim. Good to think someone else thinks I was on the right lines.