Caterpillars Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/caterpillars/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Thu, 17 Sep 2020 10:44:45 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Caterpillars Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/caterpillars/ 32 32 2696646 Crazy Caterpillars https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/06/crazy-caterpillars/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/06/crazy-caterpillars/#respond Mon, 26 Jun 2017 16:48:31 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=24637 Check out these Crazy Caterpillars. This leaf is obviously very tasty. There were no caterpillars elsewhere on the tree, they were just all on this single leaf!

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/06/crazy-caterpillars/feed/ 0 24637 Caterpillar Nest https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/05/caterpillar-nest/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/05/caterpillar-nest/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 04:59:28 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=7823 The caterpillars are back, creating their weblike nests in the trees. This year they are in a Willow tree rather than the hawthorn at the moment, but once again I think they are the caterpillar of the Lackey Moth. Morgan discovered them this year and took this photo to show me.

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/05/caterpillar-nest/feed/ 2 7823 Garden Updates https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/05/garden-updates/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/05/garden-updates/#respond Fri, 21 May 2010 08:47:44 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=4575 Things are coming on well in the garden. The spring flowers are still out but are fading. The Marsh Marigolds have almost finished, the Bluebells will soon follow them. The Forget-me-Nots are still in full bloom though and providing a lovely haze of blue around the garden.. Everything else seems to be doing well though...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/05/garden-updates/feed/ 0 4575 Caterpillar Invasion https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/05/caterpillar-invasion/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/05/caterpillar-invasion/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 06:17:18 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=4466 We have thousands of caterpillars here again this year. We had quite a few last year on one of the willows at the bottom of the garden, but this year we have several collections of them on both willow and hawthorn. The build a little nest of silk and feed on these plants. As a...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/05/caterpillar-invasion/feed/ 6 4466 Caterpillars in the dunes https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/07/caterpillars-in-the-dunes/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/07/caterpillars-in-the-dunes/#comments Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:38:59 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=1971 A fairly non-descript day here today. Not enough wind for windsurfing, no surf, a little grey in the hills (although a bike ride may be on for later in the day) so Morgan and I wandered across to the dunes to chill out. There wasn’t much happening there either, but we did see some funky...

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