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caterpillar

Just found this on my raspberries???? I have never seen one like this before - I think it may be a moth caterpillar but I am not very knowledgeable on these so if anyone could identify it for me I would be grateful - thanks

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  • WelshonionWelshonion Posts: 3,114

    Google for a caterpillar site.  There are several.

  • LilAmbarLilAmbar Posts: 43

    Vapourer moth I think.

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    I'll go with LilAmber, vapourer



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • I had one of these in my garden last Sunday - it was 5 inches long crawling along the fence. We decided to launch it over the hedge after reading it gives you a painful rash:/

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    five inches? must have been on steroidsimage



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618

    I found one last week on a plant I bought. About an inch long.

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    sounds closer.



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Thanks all, I looked up Vapourer moth, and it definitely ws on of those, so glad I did not touch it, and when i looked closer at my soft fruit bed, i found more in the gooseberry bush- so will definitely leave them alone as they are doing no harm.

    thanks againimage

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