Cinnabar caterpillars

I have been walking around the village over the last few weeks looking at the bright yellow flowers of ragweed plants . There is not a lot of it around this year. More specifically I have been looking for some caterpillars that feed on the plant. And at last I have spotted what I was looking for – the vivid orange and black stripes of Cinnabar larvae (Tyria jacobaeae) munching away. Only the two specimens so far but I will keep on looking. Surprisingly these develop into black and red winged adult moths without a speck of orange.

 Category: BIODIVERSITY, FLOWERS, INSECTS, NATURE, NATURE RESERVE, SUMMER      Tagged: , , , , , ,

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