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weird caterpillar like thingy ID please
Busy-Lizzie
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This was on our wooden garden table on the 13th September. Does anyone know what it is? I live in SW France so it may not be an English whatever it is sort of thingy.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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Nice one
Which end is which?
In the sticks near Peterborough
I didn't ask it!
It is the caterpillar of the Lavatory Brush Moth. Very common in Loo, Cornwall!
Mel.
Hi Bussy-Lizzie.
I searched 'using Chrome' and found a site to identify French caterpillars. There are lots and lots, some very similar to yours. I typed in 'French caterpillars/identification' and it came up with a pictorial site labelled 'Images for French Caterpillar identification'
Well worth a visit just to see the wonderful way nature works.
Thanks Mel, I'll have a look. Love some of the answers!
Woolly Bear, the caterpillar of the Tiger Moth seems the closest, but not quite right.