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January caterpillar

Paul Iddon

Paul Iddon

Moderator
Found this walking across the path at the front of my house today. There is only mosses there, so not on a food plant. I assume it has somehow been disturbed. It is an Angle shades caterpillar, which can be egg, larva, pupa and Imago throughout the year.

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Paul.
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
What an interesting creature! From your impressive pictures one can think of the main job of this creature is to be what it is, a caterpillar!

However, as you point out it’s only one of many necessary stages of life, beautifully illustrated here!

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Wikipedia: Angle Shades Moth
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In the U.K. All during the summer, foreign moths arrive to intermingle with locals!

But do they also mate?

Asher
 
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