NATURE NOTES
From Louise Midgley
From Louise Midgley
September is a great month to spot extraordinary caterpillars. I see them trundling along paths, manoeuvring their comical little bodies across roads or navigating through long grass. When fully mature and satiated with food, they move to a safe place, either to overwinter as a caterpillar or pupate into a chrysalis and lie low until temperatures begin to rise again. For only the second time in my life (the first time was back in July), I stumbled upon possibly the most beautiful caterpillar of ...