Thursday 20 September 2012
A couple of mysteries
Yesterday at Musselburgh I saw this lovely caterpillar which I thought might be easy to identify. I was wrong. Does anyone know what species it is?
I also found this (not perfectly in focus unfortunately). I guessed it was an owl pellet, Crafty Green Boyfriend thinks it came from a different type of bird of prey. Anyone out there have any ideas? Whatever it was, has been eating a lot of beetles!
I hope you get some answers to your mysteries.
ReplyDeleteMs Sparrow, so do I! in fact i've already had someone on Facebook id the caterpillar as a pine hawk moth caterpillar
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute caterpillar! Too bad they are such destructive little buggers.
ReplyDeletewish I knew more about nature...
ReplyDeleteand that caterpillar is beautiful!
I thought it was a Goldenrod Hooded Owlet caterpillar! (Seriously.)
ReplyDeleteAll I can say about the other is it is neither rabbit, horse, or cow!
interesting
ReplyDeletemuch love...
Could it be a Broom Moth caterpillar, Juliet? (Just from Googling ... not one I've seen before).
ReplyDeleteThanks Caroline, that's very much what it looks like!
ReplyDeleteWell, whatever it is, it's beautiful. The caterpillar, I meant, not the pellet!
ReplyDeleteI'm lucky if I can identify the birds on my feeder....not a chance I'll ever learn every caterpillar and butterfly (or pellet)....but not knowing their names, for me anyway, doesn't diminish their beauty and/or interest.
ReplyDeleteSallie - I agree, I still loving seeing all of natures wonders whether I know their name or not, but at the same time I'm always curious and like to know what's what!
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