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Knotgrass Moth caterpillar on Meadow Cranesbill
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CEP - Ayrshire
A Knot Grass Moth caterpillar (Acronicta rumicis) feeding on Meadow Cranesbill (Geranium pratense). Knot grass caterpillars feed on a range of herbaceous plants, and can regularly be seen foraging during the day. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar in 1981.
16 August 1981
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
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
Glasgow - North (Ruchill, Hamiltonhill, Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow Branch)
Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea) moth caterpillar on White Melilot (Melilotus albus), Hamiltonhill Claypits, taken by David Palmar
30 September 2023
6-Spot Burnet Moth caterpillar at Malls Mire Community Woodland, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Malls Mire and Richmond Park
6-Spot Burnet Moth (Zygaena filipendulae) caterpillar at Malls Mire Community Woodland, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar
05 June 2022
Brimstone Moth caterpillar, Castlemilk Park
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Glasgow - Castlemilk Park
Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) caterpillar in Castlemilk Park, taken by David Palmar
14 May 2022
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
Buff-tip moth caterpillar, Great Cumbrae
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala) moth caterpillar seen from the side, Fintry, Great Cumbrae
27 September 2020
Buff-tip moth caterpillar, Great Cumbrae
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala) moth caterpillar seen from the front, Fintry, Great Cumbrae
