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Small Tortoiseshell Caterpillar

Aglais Urticae

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bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Aglais urticae


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11 Comments

Jeannette
Jeannette 11 years ago

Hehe ;)

Have you seen these? http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/113... They look stribed, do you know what they are?

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Do you mean the beer ;-)?

Jeannette
Jeannette 11 years ago

It must be their preferred food :)

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Yes, almost always Urtica dioica, some other Urtica sp. as well, mostly younger plants. Rare reports on Humulus lupulus (common hop).

Jeannette
Jeannette 11 years ago

Always Urtica, when I see them :)

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Wow... they are in such big mob... which plant it is..?

Jeannette
Jeannette 11 years ago

I have added some more photos of different stages...

Jeannette
Jeannette 11 years ago

Ok mr. teacher, I will try to remember ;-)

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Welcome! Remember? We have only 3 species with black caties: Urtica, Map and I think Red Admiral (?).

Jeannette
Jeannette 11 years ago

Thank you bayucca :)

Wow, I got it right ;-)

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Yes! Earlier instar (...;-)...)
http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki...

Jeannette
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Jeannette

Denmark

Spotted on May 20, 2012
Submitted on May 22, 2012

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