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Green, yellow, black, blue: scarlet tiger moth caterpillar on alkanet

Green, yellow, black, blue: scarlet tiger moth caterpillar on alkanet

When this year’s alkanet plants were still fresh, and probably with leaves which were still soft and tender, several scarlet tiger moth caterpillars had been grazing on them. They grew large and fat, then disappeared, and are hopefully now pupating to emerge as moths, perhaps later in the summer.

After what seemed to be quite a long gap, another small one, seen here, appeared. It, too, is now grazing on the alkanet leaves.