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Painted Jezebel
03-Aug-2007, 03:21 PM
These are on one of my newly planted trees. Unfortunately I do not know the name of the plant so I can not check the hostplant database. Any help on Idying either the cat or the plant would be most gratefully recd. I have a feeling the cat will be prettier than the adult!

Common Mime
03-Aug-2007, 11:35 PM
I have a feeling the cat will be prettier than the adult!
:bsmile: Totally agree!

hkmoths
04-Aug-2007, 12:05 AM
Lymantriidae

Orgyia sp.

Quite probably O. postica, which is a highly polyphagous species.

cheers,

Roger.

Painted Jezebel
04-Aug-2007, 08:18 AM
Thanks very much Roger. When I don't post my guess, I am right. I thought it looked related to the British Vapourer (Orgyia antiqua), but I didn't want to embarrass myself again by getting it wrong!

I was also right about the adult, see below!

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hkmoths
05-Aug-2007, 10:35 PM
Thanks very much Roger. When I don't post my guess, I am right. I thought it looked related to the British Vapourer (Orgyia antiqua), but I didn't want to embarrass myself again by getting it wrong!

I was also right about the adult, see below!

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c'est la vie! :bsmile:

cheers, :cheers:

Roger