Moth caterpillar webs
Introduction
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Moth caterpillar webs
Image: © Jonathan Kington Taken: 25 Jun 2010
These bushes appear to be thickly coated with spiders' webs, but they have actually been spun by moth caterpillars. Although a bit north of their range they look a bit like Lackey Moth webs, but unfortunately there no larvae present to make a definite identification. For a close-up of one of the webs see Image
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Image Location
Latitude
53.117418
Longitude
-2.182837