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Northern eggar moth caterpillar, Kelvingrove
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CEP - Glasgow
Northern eggar moths (Lasiocampa quercus) are found in a variety of habitats, from scrubby sea cliffs to moorlands. Once pupated, the males sport fantastic feathery antennae, with both sexes showing white spots on the brown upper wings. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar in 1981.
10 November 1981
Northern eggar moth caterpillar, Flanders Moss
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East Dunbartonshire Mosses
Northern eggar moth (Lasiocampa quercus) caterpillar, Flanders Moss on a Butterfly Conservation Moth Training Day
25 March 2017
77-0384 Northern Eggar moth, Dalwhinnie
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CEP - Invernesshire
Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar
21 June 1977
Northern Eggar moth, Drymen
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CEP - Loch Lomond
Northern Eggar moth (Lasiocampa quercus), Turner Muir, Drymen. Scanned from slide taken by CE Palmar in Glasgow in June1967.
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
