Showing posts with label Caterpillar Webbing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Caterpillar Webbing. Show all posts

Thursday, 21 September 2017

Butterfly and Moth Larvae... My Photos

Those of you who have visited my blog recently will know that I have been collating my photos of butterflies and moths. Today I am turning my attention to their larvae, beginning with the larvae of MOTHS...

Emperor Moth (Saturnia pavonia) larva, I'm guessing 5th instar, Dunwich Heath, Suffolk,
 
Mullein moth larva, RSPB Wildlife Garden, Flatford, Suffolk, 2017

Above and below: Drinker moth (Euthrix potatoria) larva, Flatford, Suffolk, 2016





Buff Ermine (Spilosoma lutea) larva

Knot Grass (Acronicta rumicis) larva, St Columba's inland island (photo here),
Snizort River on Skye, 2010

Fox Moth (Macrthylacia rubi)
early instar larva on Raasay, Inner Hebrides, Sept. 2009

Tent of Brown-tail (Euproctis Chrysorrhoea) moth larvae, Spurn peninsula, April 2009
More Brown tail larvae, RSPB Holme Dunes, Norfolk, 2017

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Moving on to the larvae of DAY-FLYING MOTHS

6-spot Burnet (Zygaena Filipendulae), Mwnt, Pembrokeshire

Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) larva, Snape, Suffolk

Cinnabar moth larvae on (stripped) Ragwort, Snape, Suffolk

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The larvae of BUTTERFLIES

Swallowtail (Papilio machaon britannicus) larva, Norfolk

Swallowtail, devouring Milk Parsley, Norfolk

Swallowtail larva, Norfolk

Swallowtail larva, Norfolk

Swallowtail on Milk Parsley umbels

I'm guessing this is a first instar Swallowtail larva, Norfolk

Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) larvae, WWT Welney, Norfolk, 2016

Peacock (Aglais io) larva, RSPB Minsmere, 2016

Large White (Pieris brassicae) larvae, RSPB Flatford Wildlife Garden, Suffolk

Large White larvae, NT Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk

This is not a very scientific post, I'm afraid, but I wanted to group my photos together. I hope it shows something of the diversity in terms of colour, hairiness and shape of a small selection of our UK lepidoptera larvae. As ever, if you spot an error, please feel free to drop a line in the Comments section...

Monday, 30 January 2012

Seasonal Splash (5): Bawdsey, More Winter Colour ...

The remains, I'm guessing, of the white webs of last year's Brown-Tail Moth caterpillars (Euproctis Chrysorrhoea) on Sea Buckthorn
We took a 'brisk' walk at Bawdsey on the Suffolk coast yesterday afternoon. It was too chilly to hang about for long . . . though milder than Philadelphia!
We saw a field of swans - probably Mute Swans, but they were a way off and so busy eating that I couldn't see their bills.
The light on the mere and by the martello tower was amazing. You can see at least three of these towers from this vantage point.
David took the photo above for me of Bawdsey Quay.
We really enjoyed watching the fly-pasts of skeins of geese.

The sunset was simply stunning!

We were really surprised to see two rafts of Mallard on the sea. Does anyone know whether this is at all unusual? Were they fishing, do you suppose? In any case, they suddenly took to the air . . .

... when a seal popped up! 

It didn't hang about, so we drove home for a cup of tea.