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Pilky Brightlingsea, United Kingdom Jun 25, 2013

ANYBODY IDENTIFY THIS CATERPILLAR, FEEDING ON BLEEDING HEART PLANT!!!

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themoonhowl Prairieville, LA(Zone 9a) Jun 25, 2013

Perhaps a Ghost Swift Moth....Hepialus humuli it is common to most of Europe and Britain.

http://www.bumblebee.org/invertebrates/Lepidoptera6.htm#Hepialidae

also found Epinotia abbreviana that appears si,ilar

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrshentz/8829252782/in/pool-uk_caterpillars

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jun 26, 2013

These are not even caterpillars; they are larvae of a sawfly, maybe in the family Tenthredinidae.

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Pilky Brightlingsea, United Kingdom Jul 02, 2013

Thanks, found out they are Solomon Seal Sawfly, named after the planmt they have decimated!!!

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