Gregarious Caterpillars
28th June 2007, ThursdayJust a follow up to the post 4th June, the pictures below show the catepillars of Small Tortoiseshell (above) and Peacock (below) living gregariously on common Nettle, the eggs would have been layed in dense clusters on the underside of the leaves. The caterpillars live like this untill nearly fully grown, they then diperse and prepare for pupation.
