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Svensson's Copper Underwing Moth Caterpillar, Great Cumbrae
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
Probable Svensson's Copper Underwing or possibly Copper Underwing Moth Caterpillar (Amphipyra pyramidea), from which it was only distinguished in the 1960s. Taken near the Gowk Stone on Great Cumbrae by David Palmar
18 June 2022
Cinnabar Moth caterpillars, Kelvindale
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Glasgow - Kelvindale moths
Cinnabar Moth caterpillars (Tyria jacobaeae) feeding from Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) at Kelvindale. Cinnarbar Moth caterpillars can often be spotted on ragwort, their most preferred food source. The bright colouring of the Cinnabar Moth caterpillar acts as a warning to potential predators by indicating that they are poisonous. The poison can only build up in the caterpillar by feeding from ragwort.
19 July 2024
Cinnabar Moth caterpillar, Kelvindale
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Glasgow - Kelvindale moths
Cinnabar Moth caterpillars (Tyria jacobaeae) feeding from Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) at Kelvindale. Cinnarbar Moth caterpillars can often be spotted on ragwort, their most preferred food source. The bright colouring of the Cinnabar Moth caterpillar acts as a warning to potential predators by indicating that they are poisonous. The poison can only build up in the caterpillar by feeding from ragwort.
19 July 2024
Large Yellow Underwing moth, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale moths
Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) moth, trapped in Kelvindale, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar
16 August 2020
Lesser Yellow Underwing moth, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale moths
Lesser Yellow Underwing (Noctua comes) moth, trapped in Kelvindale, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar
16 August 2020
Lesser Yellow Underwing moth, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale moths
Lesser Yellow Underwing (Noctua comes) moth, trapped in Kelvindale, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar
16 August 2020
Large Yellow Underwing moth
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Glasgow - Kelvindale moths
Male Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) moth taken from a moth trap in Kelvindale, Glasgow
29 July 2016
Large Yellow Underwing moth
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Glasgow - Kelvindale moths
Male Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) moth taken from a moth trap in Kelvindale, Glasgow
29 July 2016
Large Yellow Underwing moth
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Glasgow - Kelvindale moths
Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) moth taken in Kelvindale, Glasgow
02 August 2016
Scarlet Tiger moth caterpillar on Green Alkanet, Oxfordshire
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Oxfordshire and Berkshire
Scarlet Tiger moth (Callimorpha dominula) caterpillar on Green Alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) at Cholsey Meadows, Oxfordshire, taken by David Palmar
