Cats

Paul IddonPaul Iddon Registered Users Posts: 5,129 Major grins
edited July 21, 2015 in Holy Macro
We have a week of wet weather and moderate to variable strong winds forecast for my week off work... :(

Today, all I got were 2 windswept small cinnabar moth caterpillars, a few days old and less than an inch long yet...


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Paul.


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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited July 21, 2015
    Lovely captures Paul.
    You might have arranged some better weather :)

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  • Paul IddonPaul Iddon Registered Users Posts: 5,129 Major grins
    edited July 21, 2015
    Thanks Brian.

    The anti-rain dance failed... :)

    Paul.


    Link to my personal website: http://www.pauliddon.co.uk





  • e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,379 Major grins
    edited July 21, 2015
    Paul,

    These are probably early second instar. Well captured.

    We have made three trips with some of our infested ragwort plants, stripped to the leaf ribs, to a large, roadside patch of the plants. These caterpillars are said to often run out of food and may cannibalise, with most not pupating. We have done our best for our local ones by this transfer.

    Harold
  • Paul IddonPaul Iddon Registered Users Posts: 5,129 Major grins
    edited July 21, 2015
    Thanks Harold. They have stripped the plant, and I will move them to an adjacent one.

    Paul.


    Link to my personal website: http://www.pauliddon.co.uk





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