Bugs, bees and beasties- Bio-diversity matters

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Fat little mullein caterpillar on, of all things, mullein! Oddly last year the mullein was ignored in favour of the buddliah (sp?) a couple of metres away...

[slack ma girdle]

  sloth said:

Any ideas what this little beastie may turn out to be?

Pale tussock moth

 

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[slack ma girdle]

  sloth said:

Any ideas on this little fella? It has the look of an ichnuemon wasp, maybe it's spent the last week going round the house with its antennas manically wiggling on the walls and plants...

Ichneumon suspiciosus

 

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[sloth]

  slack ma girdle said:

Pale tussock moth

 

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Nearly a four year old post! But I still remember where I found, and now I know what it was, ta muchly...

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I've just come across this thread and thought this might be of interest to some of you.

 

Lobster moth caterpillar that I found in an ancient oak woodland in Gwynedd. The woodland has been managed for years by the CCW (now NRW) for mosses and lichen.

 

Sion

[slack ma girdle]

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I've just come across this thread and thought this might be of interest to some of you.

 

Lobster moth caterpillar that I found in an ancient oak woodland in Gwynedd. The woodland has been managed for years by the CCW (now NRW) for mosses and lichen.

 

Sion

What a beauty, always wanted to find one, lucky you

 

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Lucky indeed! I've been in the woods all my life (30 years) and it's the first I've seen.

Pic below shows it on the top strand of some stock fencing and that is how we found it. We'd erected the fence the night before!

 

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[sloth]

Awesome find!