sealord > This broom moth caterpillar, Melanchra pisi, was spotted and identified by James Cordingley who works as a horticulturist on Herm Island.  He discovered the caterpillar on the path along the south-west coast of Alderney, Channel Islands on 2 October 2009 during a tour of the island after the Channel Islands Environment Conference hosted by the Alderney Wildlife Trust.
File No. 021009 9089
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sealord > I set a moth trap in the lean-to of my garden on the 24 June 2009 and found several white ermine moths, Spilosoma lubricipeda, in the trap the following morning.  White ermine's are easy to photograph because they do not fly away.  
File No. 240609
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sealord > A green caterpillar, identity unknown, consumes the leaves of Buddleja, ( Buddleia sp.), in St. Peter Port, Guernsey at about 6 pm on the 2 May 2009.

The image was captured with a 6 second time exposure and an aperture set at f16.  I used a discarded aluminium drink can found on the street to act as a prop for my 100 mm macro lens.  
File No. 020509 3553
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sealord > Andy Hall, butterfly recorder for La Société Guernesiaise, has identified this caterpillar as belonging to a snout moth, Hypena proboscidalis.  It was photographed feeding on nettles in my garden in St Peter Port, Guernsey on the 4 May 2009.
File No. 040509 3619
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sealord > Andy Hall, butterfly recorder for La Société Guernesiaise, has identified this caterpillar as belonging to the snout moth, Hypena proboscidalis.  It was photographed at 10:37 am on 4 May 2009 feeding on nettles in my garden in St. Peter Port, Guernsey.
File No. 040509 1037 3603
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sealord > Guernsey daytime views >  Petit Bot Valley bluebells 070509 ©RLLord 3713 smg
sealord > Guernsey daytime views >  Petit Bot valley bluebells 070509 ©RLLord 3725 smg
sealord > Guernsey daytime views >  Petit Bot valley bluebells 070509 ©RLLord 3707 smg
sealord > Guernsey daytime views >  tulips weighbridge roundabout St Peter Port 110409 ©RLLord 2959 smg
This broom moth caterpillar, Melanchra pisi, was spotted and identified by James Cordingley who works as a horticulturist on Herm Island. He discovered the caterpillar on the path along the south-west coast of Alderney, Channel Islands on 2 October 2009 during a tour of the island after the Channel Islands Environment Conference hosted by the Alderney Wildlife Trust.
File No. 021009 9089
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
sealord > This broom moth caterpillar, Melanchra pisi, was spotted and identified by James Cordingley who works as a horticulturist on Herm Island.  He discovered the caterpillar on the path along the south-west coast of Alderney, Channel Islands on 2 October 2009 during a tour of the island after the Channel Islands Environment Conference hosted by the Alderney Wildlife Trust.
File No. 021009 9089
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
This broom moth caterpillar, Melanchra pisi, was spotted and identified by James Cordingley who works as a horticulturist on Herm Island. He discovered the caterpillar on the path along the south-west coast of Alderney, Channel Islands on 2 October 2009 during a tour of the island after the Channel Islands Environment Conference hosted by the Alderney Wildlife Trust.
File No. 021009 9089
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
See photo in original gallery.

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