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 Topic: Whatos That Caterpillar?Posted: 15 Jul 2006 at 12:05pm |
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Anybody know what species these acrobatic chappies are ? Seen in my garden (Surrey) on Friday. Looks like birch leaves, but I'm no expert.
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Steve Langham - Chairman
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Posted: 21 Jul 2006 at 4:42pm |
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Hi Steve Look to me like the Birch Sawfly (Croesus septentrionalis). We used to be plagued by a vague relative, the Gooseberry Sawfly (Nematus ribesii) |
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Posted: 22 Jul 2006 at 4:02pm |
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Chris, That looks like a spot-on ID, many thanks. I'd not noticed them before, and I think the Blue tits have had 'em all now. |
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Posted: 14 Jan 2011 at 10:40am |
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Have a look at the cover of AIDGAPS: A Key to the major groups of british terrestrial invertebrates BY S.M.Tilling. You don't get a more endorsed id than that! |
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