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dj Junior Member Posts: 34	caterpillars - bulgaria Apr 15, 2012 10:12:31 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dj on Apr 15, 2012 10:12:31 GMT -8 Hi Guys walking the dog through the fields at the back of the house and came across loads of clusters of these caterpillars. Can anyone tell me what they will be? thanks dj Attachments:

saturniidave Nabokov Posts: 645	caterpillars - bulgaria Apr 15, 2012 15:58:39 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by saturniidave on Apr 15, 2012 15:58:39 GMT -8 They look to me like larvae of one of the 'Lackey Moths', genus Malacosoma. I do not know which ones live in Bulgaria though, sorry.
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dj Junior Member Posts: 34	caterpillars - bulgaria Apr 16, 2012 8:13:33 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dj on Apr 16, 2012 8:13:33 GMT -8 thanks saturniidave,, at least that gives me a place to start looking.

saturniidave Nabokov Posts: 645	caterpillars - bulgaria Apr 16, 2012 16:46:35 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by saturniidave on Apr 16, 2012 16:46:35 GMT -8 Try Malacasoma castrensis, they do look like the larvae we get here in England.
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