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Post by fredg on Sept 9, 2015 16:22:34 GMT
Eeeek there be holes and missing bits on the tomato plants. Well to be honest the plants can spare the extra foliage at this time of year. Here are the culprits. Lacanobia oleracea, the Bright-line Brown-eye moth caterpillar Also known to gardeners as the Tomato Moth, I can't work out why though. This fellow was having a good chomp (probably still is) on an Arisaema, he was under the leaf but his hairy bits gave him away. Spilosoma luteum, the Buff Ermine moth caterpillar .
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Post by osprey on Sept 9, 2015 17:39:31 GMT
Great photos Fred. Have you any idea what the adults look like?
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Post by fredg on Sept 9, 2015 18:15:11 GMT
Here you go osprey. These are borrowed. Lacanobia oleracea (copyright © entomart) Spilosoma lutea ( Author - Olaf Leillinger)
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Post by osprey on Sept 10, 2015 16:51:08 GMT
Thanks, not what I expected though.
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Post by fredg on Sept 13, 2015 15:58:41 GMT
This one was discovered by MrsG in a Dahlia flower. So far I've been unable to pin a name on it.
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