Comma caterpillars, Standish, 18 August 2013

Pulling up nettles in my veg garden I came across several Comma (Polygonia c-album) caterpillars, which I moved to another  nettle patch in a different part of the garden, where this one at least started eating young leaf immediately. They are said to look like bird droppings, thus are unmistakeable.

Comma caterpillar on nettle
Comma caterpillar on nettle

Pretty spikey bird droppings.

 

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