FOAK: paging caterpillar experts

Hi,

http://www.brainbashers.com/public/caterpillar.jpg

Any ideas?

During a walk today there were hundreds of them on the little yellow weed
you see in verges:

http://www.brainbashers.com/public/plant.jpg

As you can see I'm an expert in plants and caterpillar.

The word caterpillar is one that looks more wrong the more times you write
it.

 

IANAE but the plant is ragwort and the caterpillar is from the cinnabar
moth

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnabar_moth

I used http://www.whatsthiscaterpillar.co.uk/plates.htm and plate29 to
identify the moth. The plant was obvious as it is a poisonous weed familiar
to anyone who has been involved with animal husbandry.

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It certainly looks like it.

"the most poisonous species of moth in Britain"

 

Say potato often enough and you'd go insane. Try mulling over the word
'potato' for half a minute.
--
Dave
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Teach a man to fish and he and his pikey mates will have the
river cleaned out in a day.

 

I feel a sudden urge to wear a bandana and ride a motorcycle with an
antiquated engine design...

 

So glad I never ate any of those, then.
--
Dave
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Teach a man to fish and he and his pikey mates will have the
river cleaned out in a day.

 

It's Ragwort, a real nasty little bastard weed which seriously fucks up
horses. The caterpillar is a cinnabar moth caterpillar, wot eats it.


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