Kowhai moth caterpillar (Uresiphita polygonalis maorialis) snacking on new seed pod. Image: Su Leslie 2019
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Kowhai moth caterpillar (Uresiphita polygonalis maorialis) snacking on new seed pod. Image: Su Leslie 2019
Zimmerbitch 
He may not be as colorful as the one in the book, but I enjoyed the photo anyway. 🙂 Hope your week’s going well.
janet
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Thanks Janet. Good week so far; lots of time spent in my garden 😀 Hope your week is going well too.
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This is a good capture of a caterpillar, which is not necessarily a friend of the gardener, although they can be very beautiful.
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This one does destroy the trees, but certainly damages them.
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They can do a lot of damage, great photo Su.
Leslie xoxo
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Thanks Leslie. Luckily my garden also houses some of the caterpillar’s natural predators.
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Yes it probably does.
Leslie
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Bon appétit, little caterpillar! 😉
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😀
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