26 March 2012

What bug will this be?

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Just wondering if any ofr the Rioters can identify this caterpillar that was on my railing yesterday morning?

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Also around at the moment in my garden are these little sods: http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_ladybirds/28-spotted.html.

The larvae are pretty freaky, but the damage to my cucumbers is just plain annoying.

Tony said :

what does it taste like?

Burning.

what does it taste like?

Thanks to the OP for asking. We found one of these on the basil over the weekend.

Gungahlin Al1:15 pm 26 Mar 12

I have one of them in my fly fishing tackle box. Yours seems better made though.

Apparently it’s a type of Tussock Moth caterpillar due to the four tufts of hair on its back which, as mentioned could have stinging cells.
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/lyma/lymantriidae.html

Apparently it’s a type of Tussock Moth caterpillar due to the four tufts of hair on its back, and as mentioned could have stinging glands.

IIRC it causes a moderate rash by the poison from it’s fine hair…

So don’t let the kinds touch it.

It’s cute!

That’s a Robert Menzies Eyebrow caterpillar. Or possibly a Pixie Merkin caterpillar.

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