Comments on: Bird eating Caterpillars http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2013/11/13/bird-eating-caterpillars/ Topical information from the Suffolk Moth Group Tue, 25 Feb 2020 18:38:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Raymond Watson http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2013/11/13/bird-eating-caterpillars/#comment-2026 Raymond Watson Fri, 22 Nov 2013 15:29:22 +0000 http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/?p=4023#comment-2026 Certain Carrion Beetle larvae match the size and colour but I am not aware of the beetle or how common it is (not the burying beetles). They are not very much like a Lepidoptera caterpillar though. Might be worth getting your friend to look them up on the internet or even take a photo?

]]> By: keith http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2013/11/13/bird-eating-caterpillars/#comment-2025 keith Fri, 22 Nov 2013 09:04:10 +0000 http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/?p=4023#comment-2025 Thanks, Raymond, sorry for delay of acknowledgement, computer was down. I have only reported that the larvae were called ” caterpillars” and have made no judgement on what larvae type they are.

Keith

]]> By: Raymond Watson http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/index.php/2013/11/13/bird-eating-caterpillars/#comment-2019 Raymond Watson Wed, 13 Nov 2013 10:52:28 +0000 http://suffolkmoths.org.uk/blog/?p=4023#comment-2019 Do you believe them to be lepidopterous? Beetle larvae would be much more likely.

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