| SCIENTIFIC NAME: | EUPROCTIS CHRYSORRHOEA |
| VERNACULAR NAME: | BROWN TAIL |
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| Fig 1 |
| DESCRIPTION | Black with 2 raised orange spots on back. White patches run along opposites sides and the whole caterpillar is covered with gingery brown irritant hairs. When young found in communal silken nest. |
| FOODPLANT | Hawthorn, blackthorn, dog-rose and sallow. |
| SEASON | August to May. |