Eyed hawk-moth ‘Smerinthus ocellata’ caterpillar identification

Eyed hawk-moth ‘Smerinthus ocellata’. The caterpillar can be considered by some as a garden pest as it eats the leaves of the genus malus – Apple trees

The Eyed Hawk Moth ‘Smerinthus ocellata’ is considered a garden pest as the caterpillars eat the leaves of apple trees.

Eyed Hawk Moth ‘Smerinthus ocellata’ caterpillar eating on apple leaves

The Eyed Hawk Moth ‘Smerinthus ocellata’ will hang down in a camouflage pose. Maybe the pose is to imitate a curled leaf.

When disturbed the caterpillar will hang down from the branch in a defensive or camouflage post.

I’ve added these photographs to help with identification and to accompany my interactive plant identification, garden pest and pruning guide website www.rightplants4me.co.uk

Photography by Neil Bromhall

Photographed September 2012

 

 

 

Brown-eye moth, Lacanobia oleracea garden pest identification

‘Lacanobia oleracea’  Brown-eye’ / ‘Brown-eyes’ is a garden pest as it eats tomato plants including the fruit.

 

The Brown-eye moth caterpillar is a garden pest as it eats tomatoes.

They can destroy your tomatoes in a very short time unless you pick them off

Tomato fruit eaten by Brown-eye caterpillar ‘Lacanobia oleracea’

 

I’ve added this post to help identify garden pests and to accompany my plant identification, garden pest and pruning guide website www.rightplants4me.co.uk

Photography by Neil Bromhall