Unknown Caterpiller
Observed by gary.hilton
on 13th July 2009
on 13th July 2009(Added to iSpot on 14th July 2009)
Small green caterpillar. Found on flowerpot containing a bay tree. I have put in a pot with bay leaves but it has shown no interest in them.
Location: Horncastle - Garden
Other observations of Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)
Comments
Could well be
16 July 2009 - 12:35pm — gary.hilton
We have an awful lot of Light Brown Apple Moths around here. Looking the photo of the caterpiller on uk moths and the photo of a curled up leaf this could well be it. I have kept it in a tub and it has disappeared into a rolled up leaf. Hopefully I find out in a few weeks.
Gary Hilton
The moth has now emerged and
2 August 2009 - 4:40pm — gary.hilton
The moth has now emerged and it looks like a light brown apple moth.
Gary Hilton
life cycle
2 August 2009 - 8:27pm — Martin Harvey
Nice to have the additional pictures to complete the set!
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Light Brown Apple Moth
I think Epiphyas postvittana is a likely solution to this one, they'll feed on almost any plant! See:
http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=1915&detail=true
Can't be absolutely certin of the ID from the photo, but the only other species I can think of that you are likely to find on Bay are the tortrix moths Ditula angustiorana (which is an orange-ish colour) and Cacoecimorpha pronubana (which is darker green with a black head).
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