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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 /> <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=1759968010&Signature=LxjJHOmW52ye6d9jisJKU1y0YhM%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><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/105830/euproctis_chrysorrhoea_-_young_caterpillar.html" title="Euproctis chrysorrhoea - Young caterpillar"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3043/105830_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=%2BAYwWMNQYJz%2FbRiekOSPeWQoPYA%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/105829/euproctis_chrysorrhoea_-_young_caterpillar.html Bastaardsatijnvlinder,Brown-tail,Caterpillar,Erebidae,Euproctis,Euproctis chrysorrhoea,Geotagged,Lepidoptera,Lymantriinae,Netherlands,Noctuoidea,Nygmiini,Schiermonnikoog,hibernation" /></a></figure><br /> <br /> Bastaardsatijnvlinder,Brown-tail,Caterpillar,Erebidae,Euproctis,Euproctis chrysorrhoea,Geotagged,Hippophae rhamnoides,Lepidoptera,Lymantriinae,Netherlands,Noctuoidea,Nygmiini,Schiermonnikoog,Sea buckthorn,hibernation,nl: Duindoorn Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

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:

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

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/105829/euproctis_chrysorrhoea_-_young_caterpillar.html Bastaardsatijnvlinder,Brown-tail,Caterpillar,Erebidae,Euproctis,Euproctis chrysorrhoea,Geotagged,Lepidoptera,Lymantriinae,Netherlands,Noctuoidea,Nygmiini,Schiermonnikoog,hibernation


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    Flown Kimmerling
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    Whoah! Really neat find! Posted 4 years ago
    1. View Pudding4brains's profile
      Pudding4brains
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      Many of those around, so not really a matter of "finding" - more of an "in your face" situation *lol*
      I did expect to find caterpillers in it, but somehow had a fantasy about one big one in my head, not dozens of tiny ones in each cocoon, so that _was_ a surprise :o)       Posted 4 years ago

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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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