Cinnabar Caterpillars on Ragwort by durleybeachbum
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Description
Tyria jacobaeae on Senecio jacobaea
More wildlife from Wick Meads Hengistbury Bournemouth
Sometimes the Ragwort plants can be stripped to the stem!
Comments (20)
Three for the price on one Outstanding!
These caterpillars are a nice colour with the stripes, they can be attractive at this stage too... albeit not if they are on your prize plants.
They are very colourful, they sure are getting stuck into good food.
Amazing capture Andrea. God bless.
Superb! What colorful striped creatures they are! It amazes me that you can identify them so well.
Lovely well fed caterpillars. Super shot.
Lovely little munchers! Great colors.
I bet NO other insect will come near those LOL ! Excellent capture :-)
You guys may be interested to know that these guys have been introduced into Australia to control the ragwort. We don't have a great history of successfully introducing species to Australia without them breeding out of control.......eg Cane toads, foxes, rabbits, feral pigs, Brumbys, feral cats, feral goats, feral camels etc etc etc etc etc.............oh and us white folk better be included in that list too!
All dressed and ready for Halloween. I read that ragwort is poisonous to some animals so they have learned to leave these critters alone since they are full of ragwort. A terrific capture.
reminds me of school summer holidays spent on Turbary common
Beautiful capture !!!
very nice capture
Absolutly wonderful !!!
Pretty little beasties!
Very cool and interesting capture
They look like they're wearing their prison stripes, and trying furiously to eat their way out...great find and capture!
Superb capture Andrea, I used to collect these as a kid, and keep them in an aquarium with Oxford ragwort to feed on, I had an old stoking over the top to keep the air fresh, successfully bred adults and let them go.
A Stocking even :)
Great shot! I'm glad you posted this. I came across these same kind of caterpillars during a walk yesterday and snapped a few pictures, but I had no idea what they were. Now, as I look up the scientific name you provided, I see they are the larvae of the reddish Cinnabar moth, which I have seen flying around the area for the last few years (and, again, I had no idea what they were). Your photo has provided a great learning experience. :) Thank you!
A wonderful capture and they do look ravenous!