Had a lovely day out walking today on a circular walk around 10 miles.On route we saw Chaffinch,a male Blackcap,the usual crows and Woodpigeons.Then along a hedge we saw what looked like spiders web on closer Inspection It was crawling with what looked like thousands of Caterpillars I had never seen anything like It.
Please could someone ID these and tell me what they will grow Into
Could you also ID this Bird ,sorry about picture not very clear
We were lucky enough to see a young Red Deer bouncing through a field no Idea why It was where It was,It was on It's own too.Loads of Rabbits and a few ducks also baby lambs all In all It was a good day added by various Birdsong.
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Hi Graham,
It's a female Drinker (Philudoria potatoria)
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Tee hee. That describes most of us female forumers too. Lol
And how did you know my name was Philadora Potato??
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Unknown said: It's a female Drinker (Philudoria potatoria) SB
Hi SB
I know nothing about moths so I looked it up my Photographic Guide to British Moths and Butterflies (written by my cousin-in -law). Sure enough your ID is spot on but he calls it Euthrix Potatoria. Is Philudoria Potatoria a synonym or is there some other subtle reason for this?
Pipit, I see the male Drinker is a somewhat darker colour so he probably prefers a drop of red. LOL
TJ
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Hi Pipit and TJ,
Very amusing! I hadn't thought of that when I posted. Apparently it gets the name of 'drinker' due the the fact that the caterpillar drinks dew. Obviously a very health aware species!
TJ - I checked Wikipedia and you are correct. Philudoria is a synonym for Euthrix. How confusing to have two latin names. Perhaps sometime you could ask your cousin-in-law why they do that. Of course it may be that the name has been changed at some stage as happens with plants and people end up using both names. I should have checked all my books before I posted instead of relying on the first one to hand. I am only an interested amateur when it comes to butterflies and moths but I know where to come for definitive answers now :-))
Unknown said: Hi Graham, It's a female Drinker (Philudoria potatoria) SB
A Drinker Moth! Fantastic! Thanks to all.........
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