Monday 20 April 2020

Drinker caterpillars

After watching a drinker caterpillar shed its skin on oregano Silke found over a dozen on this stripey grass. Any port in a storm?  No native coarse grasses in our little garden though I am working on that...
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  1. Ina21 April 2020 at 15:45

    Does your plant look like a bamboo Liz? Drinker feed on it with no problem so I would think they will be happy with your stripy 'thing'.

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  2. Peter Barnes22 April 2020 at 15:49

    It is indeed a bamboo, I think Pleioblastus viridistriatus: I grow it too, but alas no drinkers on it!

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