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Moth ID please

Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,143
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Just found this on one of my houseplants and wanted to know if my plant is soon to be munched by lots of caterpillars?
Thanks



Billericay - Essex

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  • JellyfireJellyfire Posts: 1,139
    Youve got yourself a Bordered Straw and your houseplant should be safe: Common Restharrow (Ononis repens), Ploughman’s-spikenard (Inula conyzae), Scentless Mayweed (Tripleurospermum inodorum), Sticky Groundsel (Senecio viscosus) and marigolds according to google
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,143
    Thanks @Jellyfire - it'll leave him/her to carry on slumbering then :)


    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • JellyfireJellyfire Posts: 1,139
    They’re day flying, so best out outside 
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,143
    Ah thanks
    Lazy little bu**er just laying there snoozing all day!
    Must be a teenager :)

    I've just encouraged it into the garden where it's made itself comfortable on an ornamental grass.
    I noticed there's a sticky 'dew' on the back of the leaves of that plant - I wonder if it is some sort of nectar it was attracted to.

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
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