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RE: Caterpillars - Bren - 28-05-2020
Odd how they've left the other Honesty plants alone, I've checked mine every day and no sign of caterpillars.
RE: Caterpillars - Mikey - 28-05-2020
Was it too far to crawl, To the next plant or did the birds pick them off once they became more visible?
RE: Caterpillars - Veggie - 12-04-2024
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This year the pesky caterpillars are feasting on white comfrey although there are also some on the Wild arum which is not a brassica.
I'm so soft that I can't bring myself to kill them. I did snip one in half and kept apologising to the remains.
RE: Caterpillars - Moth - 14-04-2024
The only butterflies I've seen so far this year are 4 brimstones fighting each other for territory and a solitary holly blue.
RE: Caterpillars - Veggie - 14-04-2024
I overcame my squeamishness today and chopped as many caterpillars as I could see. At the slightest touch of a leaf, they curl up and fall to the ground which didn't make my task easy. I've also dug up as many host plants as I could and binned them in case there are more lurking caterpillars.
RE: Caterpillars - Veggie - 15-04-2024
Spotted an Orange Tip butterfly on some Honesty today - which is how this thread began !!
RE: Caterpillars - Small chilli - 17-04-2024
(14-04-2024, 04:55 PM)Veggie Wrote: I overcame my squeamishness today and chopped as many caterpillars as I could see. At the slightest touch of a leaf, they curl up and fall to the ground which didn't make my task easy. I've also dug up as many host plants as I could and binned them in case there are more lurking caterpillars.Don’t squash any more. They are your scarlet emperor moth offspring. Butterfly conservation just done a fb post on them
RE: Caterpillars - Veggie - 17-04-2024
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I've just caught 3 caterpillars for a closer look. They do look like the Scarlet Tiger Moth caterpillars https://butterfly-conservation.org/moths/scarlet-tiger so I may have to apologise to those that have been squished.
Large White butterfly caterpillar does look similar, your honour! https://butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/large-white
Thinking about it, all the host plants have been near the shed where I see the Moths every year. I feel really bad now.
Moth photos https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=1156&page=2
RE: Caterpillars - Veggie - 18-04-2024
Good news! There are still plenty of caterpillars and I rescued 3 from the garden waste bin where they'd been dumped!
RE: Caterpillars - Veggie - 19-04-2024
Just had a little stroll down to the "caterpillar" patch and there are still lots of them, annihilating the comfrey.
