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Small Tortoiseshell Caterpillar

Aglais urticae

Notes:

Found on Urtica

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Small Tortoiseshell Caterpillar
Aglais urticae Bestimmungshilfe des Lepiforums: Aglais Urticae


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19 Comments

Jeannette
Jeannette 11 years ago

Thank you Guillaume :)

Guillaume
Guillaume 11 years ago

Nice family!

Jeannette
Jeannette 11 years ago

Mange tak bayucca :)

Was thinking it might Aglais urticae, but wasn't sure....

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Earlier instar.

Jeannette
Jeannette 11 years ago

I have: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/111... , you can't really see it because I haven't uploaded a photo with the whole group. I can do that later, I am of to bed now :)

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

May be Sawfly larvae which had such head...
Neodiprion

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

I never seen a Butterfly specie caterpillars in such swarm.

Jeannette
Jeannette 11 years ago

Tak Stian, det håber jeg også :)

Stian Waaler
Stian Waaler 11 years ago

Det kan det også være ja ;) Håper du finner ut hva som er riktig ID på de :)

Jeannette
Jeannette 11 years ago

Stian det er omvendt :)

Ashish I'm not sure...

Stian Waaler
Stian Waaler 11 years ago

Kanskje de går fra å være gule til sorte når de vokser, jeg kan desverre ikke så mye om sommerfugler..

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Most alike of following family..
Lasiocampidae

Jeannette
Jeannette 11 years ago

*know

Jeannette
Jeannette 11 years ago

Stian måske det er de samme, det ser ud som om de også starter med at være sorte på billede 2.

Ashish I don't what that name covers, it is a kind of butterfly proplably Small Tortoiseshell.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

I think these are Tent caterpillar.. which find in such swarm.

Stian Waaler
Stian Waaler 11 years ago

Hvis det ikke er en tidlig utvikling av den?

Stian Waaler
Stian Waaler 11 years ago

Hmm, da vet jeg ikke desverre.. Bayucca skulle ha vært her ;)

Jeannette
Jeannette 11 years ago

Jeg har også spottet Small Tortoiseshell larver her: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/111... , de her er mere stribede...

Stian Waaler
Stian Waaler 11 years ago

Jeg hadde samme type laver i min hage, kan være Small Tortoiseshell larver, men er ikke sikker.. Har ikke fått noe svar på det...

Jeannette
Spotted by
Jeannette

Denmark

Spotted on Jun 12, 2012
Submitted on Jun 17, 2012

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