SCIENTIFIC NAME: ORTHOSIA INCERTA
VERNACULAR NAME: CLOUDED DRAB

Fig 1
DESCRIPTION A lime green caterpillar with a white speckling over the entire body. A pale yellow band runs along each flank with a fine, black (sometimes broken) line running immediately above. 3 white lines run along the back with the central one being thickest.
FOODPLANT

Various broadleaved trees and shrubs with a favouring for Oak and Sallow.

SEASON May to June.

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