Anyone have any ideas what this lil critter is. We found him on a wall in Wales.

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It's the caterpillar of the Vapourer Moth. It has only just shed its skin which is why the body is white. It will go all sorts of brown and reds as it drys out.

Natrix

Wow thankies he was an awesome looking beastie. More pics of him in offtopic.

Whats with the red bit on him?

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The red bit is probably to scare off predators and gets bigger as the caterpillar grows. They also get more of the white back tufts as they grow larger.
The wierd bit with this species is the female. When she emerges from her cocoon, she hasn't got any wings. She looks a bit like a spider and either sits at the end of a branch or stays on her cocoon releasing a vapour that attracts the winged males.
I used to keep them when I was a kid. I let the males go to find females and left the females near an open window to attract new males.

Natrix

Wow are they common then because iv never seen 1 before.

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They are locally common but often missed as they tend to stay in the middle of bushes and trees. We used to have lots in our garden in London but I've not seen any here in Lincolnshire.

Natrix

Iv looked at pics and not convinced. Anyone else have any idea?

I think he mite be a pale Tussock moth

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