Peacock butterfly caterpillar

[lysine]

We saw some of these yesterday. They are amazing: not only do they look wild and wonderful; they also eventually become beautiful peacock butterflies AND they eat nettles. I do like caterpillars, and these are particularly good ones.

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[lysine]

i do like an unexpected necklace

[amymay]

We used to 'collect' hairy caterpillars that changed into tiger moths

[lysine]

we did that with ladybird larvae

[lysine]

ah. that's what i meant. i forgot the name and for some reason thought it was sycamore moth. they do look kind of similar. thanks. i meant vapourer. saw some other nice ones at the weekend too but the peacock butterfly one was my favourite.

[lysine]

...stands corrected