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Euproctis chrysorrhoea - Young caterpillar Loads of hibernation &quot;cocoons&quot; in the tips of twigs of Sea buckthorn, with presumably, many, many little caterpillars of Euproctis chrysorrhoea in them. I made a slit in one to have a look at one of the young caterpillars inside.<br /> I had a hard time finding other images of this stadium caterpillar for comparison, so not too many around it would seem.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/105838/euproctis_chrysorrhoea_-_hibernating_cocoon.html" title="Euproctis chrysorrhoea - Hibernating cocoon"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3043/105838_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1763596810&Signature=Z1KrOxZ9cFs7HiVnKaM5RP%2Bovtg%3D" width="116" height="152" alt="Euproctis chrysorrhoea - Hibernating cocoon The young caterpillars of Euproctis chrysorrhoea collectively spin a cocoon in the tip of a twig of the host plant to spend winter hibernating. On Schiermonnikoog we saw many, many of these cocoons on Sea buckthorn, so I pulled a bit of the tissue aside to have a look at one of the small caterpillars inside:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/105829/euproctis_chrysorrhoea_-_young_caterpillar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/105830/euproctis_chrysorrhoea_-_young_caterpillar.html<br /> <br /> Bastaardsatijnvlinder,Brown-tail,Caterpillar,Erebidae,Euproctis,Euproctis chrysorrhoea,Geotagged,Hippophae rhamnoides,Lepidoptera,Lymantriinae,Netherlands,Noctuoidea,Nygmiini,Schiermonnikoog,Sea buckthorn,hibernation,nl: Duindoorn" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/105829/euproctis_chrysorrhoea_-_young_caterpillar.html" title="Euproctis chrysorrhoea - Young caterpillar"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3043/105829_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1763596810&Signature=ThCA8cOm2xj964Kt7nY3q2KmTXw%3D" width="200" height="114" alt="Euproctis chrysorrhoea - Young caterpillar Loads of hibernation &quot;cocoons&quot; in the tips of twigs of Sea buckthorn, with presumably, many, many little caterpillars of Euproctis chrysorrhoea in them. I made a slit in one to have a look at one of the young caterpillars inside.<br /> I had a hard time finding other images of this stadium caterpillar for comparison, so not too many around it would seem.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/105838/euproctis_chrysorrhoea_-_hibernating_cocoon.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/105830/euproctis_chrysorrhoea_-_young_caterpillar.html<br /> Bastaardsatijnvlinder,Brown-tail,Caterpillar,Erebidae,Euproctis,Euproctis chrysorrhoea,Geotagged,Lepidoptera,Lymantriinae,Netherlands,Noctuoidea,Nygmiini,Schiermonnikoog,hibernation" /></a></figure> Bastaardsatijnvlinder,Brown-tail,Caterpillar,Erebidae,Euproctis,Euproctis chrysorrhoea,Geotagged,Lepidoptera,Lymantriinae,Netherlands,Noctuoidea,Nygmiini,Schiermonnikoog,hibernation Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Euproctis chrysorrhoea - Young caterpillar

Loads of hibernation "cocoons" in the tips of twigs of Sea buckthorn, with presumably, many, many little caterpillars of Euproctis chrysorrhoea in them. I made a slit in one to have a look at one of the young caterpillars inside.
I had a hard time finding other images of this stadium caterpillar for comparison, so not too many around it would seem.

Euproctis chrysorrhoea - Hibernating cocoon The young caterpillars of Euproctis chrysorrhoea collectively spin a cocoon in the tip of a twig of the host plant to spend winter hibernating. On Schiermonnikoog we saw many, many of these cocoons on Sea buckthorn, so I pulled a bit of the tissue aside to have a look at one of the small caterpillars inside:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/105829/euproctis_chrysorrhoea_-_young_caterpillar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/105830/euproctis_chrysorrhoea_-_young_caterpillar.html<br /> <br /> Bastaardsatijnvlinder,Brown-tail,Caterpillar,Erebidae,Euproctis,Euproctis chrysorrhoea,Geotagged,Hippophae rhamnoides,Lepidoptera,Lymantriinae,Netherlands,Noctuoidea,Nygmiini,Schiermonnikoog,Sea buckthorn,hibernation,nl: Duindoorn

Euproctis chrysorrhoea - Young caterpillar Loads of hibernation "cocoons" in the tips of twigs of Sea buckthorn, with presumably, many, many little caterpillars of Euproctis chrysorrhoea in them. I made a slit in one to have a look at one of the young caterpillars inside.<br /> I had a hard time finding other images of this stadium caterpillar for comparison, so not too many around it would seem.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/105838/euproctis_chrysorrhoea_-_hibernating_cocoon.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/105830/euproctis_chrysorrhoea_-_young_caterpillar.html<br /> Bastaardsatijnvlinder,Brown-tail,Caterpillar,Erebidae,Euproctis,Euproctis chrysorrhoea,Geotagged,Lepidoptera,Lymantriinae,Netherlands,Noctuoidea,Nygmiini,Schiermonnikoog,hibernation

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The Brown-tail

The brown-tail is a moth of the family Lymantriidae. It is distributed throughout Europe. It is found in North America only on the coast of Maine and Cape Cod where it is considered an invasive species that arrived in the U.S. in the 1890s on nursery stock coming from Europe.

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Uploaded Dec 17, 2020. Captured in Schiermonnikoog, Vita Maris/Camping, 9166 NE Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands.
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