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Yellow caterpillar
by: Moni

Rory
There are so many insects out there, even tho you had not seen it before, it may have been under your nose! Since I have been photographing the insects in my garden I am amazed at what is out there that I have never seen. If we had known what it ate, you could have reared it into a moth then we would know what it was for sure! :-) If you should find another, try feeding it various tree, shrub or weed leaves to see what it might like and try to rear it. Until then we will just have to keep looking and wondering.

You might enjoy this website on life cycles...it is a great asset to learn what all stages of these insects look like. It is a great help for identifying what we find. Also, it is a wonderful educational tool for learning what the food source and what conditions are needed to develop each stage for the various insects. Many are still not known.

http://www.buglifecycle.com/?page_id=110



fuzzy
by: Rory V

This caterpillar was approxamitly 13mm long just over half an inch, and i found it in my backpack on a packet of cakes. I dont no how he got their dut whatever he is i have never seen anything like it in all my time working outdoors. he dose look a bit like a tussock moth but he did not match with his dark colours.. maybe he is a new species...
thank you for you advice it was much apreciated.
Moth caterpillar
by: Moni

Rory
Not sure which moth caterpillar this is. It could be a tussock or a tiger moth caterpillar. You don't say the size or what plant you found it on or near.
Caterpillars vary a lot in color and bristle/hair formation as they go thru different instars(molting stages) as they grow. You probably have different species in Ireland than we have here, which makes it more challenging for us when most of our moth guides are for North America.
Here are a couple of photos to compare it to, however these are only species from the US.
Let us know if you find more and have more information.
Thanks
http://bugguide.net/node/view/187887/bgpage
http://bugguide.net/node/view/353/bgpage

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