Magpie Moth Caterpillar
Abraxas grossulariata (caterpillar)
This caterpillar lives on shrubs and hedgerow plants such as gooseberry, currant, and blackthorn. It feeds by chewing leaves and often rests stretched along stems or leaf edges between meals. Its bold black, white, and yellow-orange pattern warns predators that it is distasteful. Like many geometrid larvae, it moves with a looping inchworm gait because it has fewer gripping prolegs than many other caterpillars.
- Type
- Venom
- Conservation status
- NE
Growth chain
- Magpie Moth Caterpillar
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