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Red-green carpet moth caterpillar, Inchcailloch
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Loch Lomond - Inchcailloch
Red-green carpet moth (Chloroclysta siterata) caterpillar, Inchcailloch, Loch Lomond. It normally feeds on Ash, but this one was on Bird cherry.
30 July 2017
Green Carpet moth, Insh Marshes
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Speyside near Aviemore and Newtonmore
The Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria) is a moth of the family Geometridae. The bright green colour of this moth when freshly emerged, fades with age to a yellowish-brown or whitish. Photo taken by David Palmar at Insh Marshes.
29 July 2023
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
12 May 2023
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
Forest bug, Dundreggan
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Dundreggan moth traps
This Forest Bug (Pentatoma rufipes) can be identified by its distinctive red-orange legs and an orange spot on its back. They have a dark brown body during autumn and a paler, bronze-coloured body in summer. Photo taken by David Palmar at the Scottish Entomologists' Gathering in Dundreggan.
24 June 2023
Green Arches moth, Dundreggan
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Dundreggan moth traps
The Green Arches moth (Anaplectoides prasina) is from the family Noctuidae. The marbled greenish ground colour of the adults affords excellent camouflage when resting on moss- or lichen-covered trees and fences. Photo taken by David Palmar as part of a moth trapping session at the Scottish Entomologists' Gathering in Dundreggan.
24 June 2023
Common Marbled Carpet moth, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale moths
Common Marbled Carpet (Dysstroma truncata) moth, trapped in Kelvindale, Glasgow, and taken by David Palmar
16 August 2020
Common Marbled Carpet moth, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale moths
Common Marbled Carpet moth (Dysstroma truncata), Kelvindale, Glasgow
