Search This Blog

Friday 21 September 2018

Nettle Nester

This caterpillar was in a loosely woven nest on a nettle plant in the garden.  I suspect that it's a Painted Lady larva, but I'm not sure, never having seen one before - and it's supposed to prefer thistles.


Perhaps someone will recognise it.
Posted by

2 comments:

  1. GMT22 September 2018 at 02:39

    Vanessid larvae are tricky as they are so variable, but I think this is Red Admiral.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Chris Handoll22 September 2018 at 04:25

    Thank you George, I'm happy to stand corrected. On reflection Red Admiral does seem more likely, being a nettle-feeder.

    ReplyDelete

Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)