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The mullein moth is one of the ever decreasing number of British moths to be found in the wild. It is appalling to recommend the destruction of these caterpillars. I have observed moths for 50 years and I have seen my first mullein moth caterpillars by Lovemoths

we live in central scotland and we have found a mullein moth in our garden and it has hatched under a wall light. We thought it was an elephant moth because of the trunk like body but when i looked it up on google images it did'nt look like it, so i by AJ mothy

can anyone help with this white flower?   It's one of the verbascums (mullein) http://www.specialperennials.com/Other_Perennials/Plant_List_verbascum.htm Lovely plants, but watch out for attack by the mullein moth caterpillers. Thanks so much by joslow

I just scrape them off (time consuming but less yucky than squishing 'pillars)  everything else tends to be left to its own devices I keep an eye out for caterpillars ofsawfly on solomon's seal, mullein moth on verbascums and of course cabbage by Kitty4