Caterpillar ID please.

[Suzanne B]

I found this one amongst lots of Large white caterpillars and as yet I haven't been able to put a name to it.
Does anyone have an idea of what it is please?




Thanks

[Pudding4brains]

Hi Suzanne,

Judging from the amount of (pro)legs or whatever they're supposed to be called it's not a 'caterpillar' but a sawfly larva, so you'll probably need to looking at different references

You'll find some (old?!) links to non-lepidoptera 'caterpillars' under the header "Andere rupsen" here.

A size estimate could probably also be helpful

Cheers, Arp

[H Dogg]

Its Athalia rosae the turnip sawfly.

[Suzanne B]

Originally Posted by Pudding4brains

Judging from the amount of (pro)legs or whatever they're supposed to be called it's not a 'caterpillar' but a sawfly larva, so you'll probably need to looking at different references

Originally Posted by H Dogg

Its Athalia rosae the turnip sawfly.

Whoops.....well, when I said 'caterpillar'....... I actually meant sawfly!!.......just a slip of the finger you understand!!

And that does explain why I couldn't find it on any of my searches .

I understand that they are a bit of a pest and unfortunately I found it up our allotment. However I did only ever see the one, so not a lot of damage was done this time.

Anyway, thanks for the help and ID Arp and H Dogg.
I shall definately be on the look out for the legs next time, so at least I have learnt something today!

Suzanne