Between 15th June and 5th July I had up to at least 3 individuals visiting pots of flowering Sweet Williams. Mostly arriving just on dusk and watched by torch-lite after dark. I only actually caught one of them in the trap.
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Sweet Williams being the host plant I did wonder if they were leaving eggs, though I never found any. Hidden away on the plant somewhere. After flowering they have now set seed. Lots of caterpillars have now emerged - different stages but they have started wandering so put the pot in a corner of the garden out of the way. I'm pretty sure these are the caterpillars, they hide away unseen in the day, well camouflaged, then I find them feeding in the seed heads at dusk and now hoping for some home grown adults next year maybe !! I understand they pupate in the ground. We'll see.
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3 comments:
Yes they are Varied Coronet Dave, they look just the same in both Caterpillar books. I've been collecting cats this year and they are hard to id, some keep changing colour!
Excellent , I have had 4 this year in the trap , colonised the area so quickly since 2016...Good luck with the cats...
I've never seen Varied Coronet Dave so thanks for posting this! I do like a breeding success story with photos.
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