Caterpillar ID

Quixoticgeek

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Aug 4, 2013
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Any ideas what this caterpilla is? Found it on an Oak tree this afternoon.

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mick91

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Looks almost like a cinnabar moth caterpillar but not enough yellow I don't think, and they tend to live on or very near ragwort as opposed to oak. Harvestman might know
 
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mousey

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I remember picking up a caterpillar which looked like that when I was a child, it threw up a purpley substance over my hand - I put it down quite quickly after that!
 

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