Insects and Spiders

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MTB-Idle

Caterpillars eating my willow. Any ideas what species of butterfly / moth?
They look very distinctive

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jupiz in reply to @MTB-Idle

Def a sawfly, think Nematus pavidus - lesser willow sawfly?

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MTB-Idle in reply to @jupiz

Yeah that looks correct, many thanks.

I spent 15 minutes a couple of days ago cutting off the branches which had these on and putting them in my brown garden recycling bin. They can munch away to their hearts content in there.
They don't seem to have reappeared on the willow so all good so far

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