Unicorn, Pt. 2 - _TNY_1004
Every autumn/fall, we have to trim the hawthorn hedge on the northern side of the garden. It takes a while and we usually end up with a bunch of red scratches on ourselves from those massive thorns.
I often discover some cool bugs hiding in the foliage and in 2022, I came across this caterpillar which will become a moth known as the grey dagger (Acronicta psi).
As with many moths, the caterpillar is very cool-looking with lots of colour and hair while the adult is a rather grey and drab-looking moth.
I have no idea what function that black brush of hair forming a horn on its back does, but I can't see it not having a function - it looks too specific for that.
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52385112866/
Unicorn, Pt. 2 - _TNY_1004
Every autumn/fall, we have to trim the hawthorn hedge on the northern side of the garden. It takes a while and we usually end up with a bunch of red scratches on ourselves from those massive thorns.
I often discover some cool bugs hiding in the foliage and in 2022, I came across this caterpillar which will become a moth known as the grey dagger (Acronicta psi).
As with many moths, the caterpillar is very cool-looking with lots of colour and hair while the adult is a rather grey and drab-looking moth.
I have no idea what function that black brush of hair forming a horn on its back does, but I can't see it not having a function - it looks too specific for that.
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52385112866/