drinker euthrix potatoria moth caterpillar

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Drinker moth caterpillar (Euthrix potatoria) Royalty Free Stock Photo

A Drinker Moth Caterpillar Euthrix potatoria walking along a wooden fence. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Bug, hairy, striped and spotted Euthrix Potatoria caterpillar. Drinker Moth lavra Royalty Free Stock Photo

Bug, hairy, striped and spotted Euthrix Potatoria caterpillar. Face of Drinker Moth lavra Royalty Free Stock Photo

Drinker Euthrix potatoria moth caterpillar

A Drinker Moth Caterpillar, Euthrix potatoria, perching on a blade of grass at the edge of woodland in the UK. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Drinker moth (Euthrix Potatoria) Caterpillar on a leaf Royalty Free Stock Photo

A close up of colorful hairy, striped and spotted Drinker moth caterpillar (Euthrix potatoria) on a twig Royalty Free Stock Photo

The very dark, large hairy caterpillars of this moth can be seen from August to September and April to June, hibernating from October to April when they resume feeding. Their long-recognised habit of drinking drops of dew from plants gives us the common English name.