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Post by dundagda on Aug 3, 2011 1:09:42 GMT -8
I also saw this caterpillar yesterday 2nd August 2011 crawling on a forest track near Slieve Kimalta in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is about 7 cm long. Anyone know what it is? Attachments:
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Post by africaone on Aug 3, 2011 1:38:03 GMT -8
looks like a saturniid larva !
thierry
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Post by simosg on Aug 3, 2011 5:13:18 GMT -8
Pavonia sp.?
Hannes
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Post by dundagda on Aug 3, 2011 8:01:51 GMT -8
Thanks, both of the above suggestions make sense given the location where found, coniferous forest beside open heathland containing heather, a known food plant of Pavonia pavonia. So that is probably what it is. Haven't seen the larvae before. Any ideas what the larva in the other thread I posted is?
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Post by saturniidave on Aug 3, 2011 14:33:23 GMT -8
Definitely pavonia, whichever genus it is in these days! The Emperor moth as we Brits call it.
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