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Caterpillar ID please

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  • 12-10-2019 2:28pm
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    Irishphotodesk
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    Can anyone help with ID please, just curious what type of moth or butterfly we might expect to see in a bit.

    I seem to be unable to post/attach pics , Caterpillars are lime green/neon green, with a kind of horn at the end.

    Not sure what they are eating but they are hanging around a contorted willow. (Have a number of other plants in pots in the same area)


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    Tiercel Dave
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    Would be better if we could see a photo. To do so, you first have to upload to a photosharing site, Flickr for instance, and then post a link to the photo on here. I'm sure somebody will be along who will be better able to explain it.....


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    Irishphotodesk
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    <blockquote class="imgur-embed-pub" lang="en" data-id="Uk6FKdv"><a href="//imgur.com/Uk6FKdv">View post on imgur.com</a></blockquote><script async src="//s.imgur.com/min/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
    https://imgur.com/Uk6FKdv


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    Irishphotodesk
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    https://m.imgur.com/gallery/LeJt48r

    Hopefully this works.

    Edit.... Sent myself a link via email and this was what I received from Imgur

    https://m.imgur.com/gallery/IJeE1lh

    Here's hoping one of these work


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Neither work for me. Use the paperclip/attachment option to link from a saved pictures, perhaps.


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    DBB
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    I'm guessing from your description that it's the caterpillar of the pale tussock moth. There seem to be a good few of them about at the moment. A stunning looking little creature :)


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    Alun
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    https://imgur.com/Uk6FKdv

    This should work.


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    Tiercel Dave
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    It looks like the caterpillar of a Poplar Hawk Moth, feeds on Poplar and Willow.....

    Caterpillar_of_the_Poplar_Hawk_moth_-_Laothoe_populi_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1184964.jpg
    Image from Google.....


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Colouring is a bit dull but it looks like a Polar Hawk Moth,


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    Irishphotodesk
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    Thanks to everyone for contributing.... It does look like the poplar hawk moth caterpillar, there's 4 of them now in the same area.


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