Yellow And Black Hairy Caterpillar. The pale tussock moth caterpillar grows to about 45mm and is fairly common in the southern half of the british isles. A funky looking grey and black caterpillar with large tufts of hair including a mohawk of yellow tufts on the back.
With yellow and orange hairs and a strip of black edged white spots along the centre of its back this is a striking caterpillar to behold. Colorful yellow and black caterpillar the larva of a moth or butterfly and a voracious garden pest eating the leaves and stems. They have dense yellow setae short hairs covering the body that are mildly poisonous.
There are also black bands separating the yellow segments and red or brown fine hairs near the end section.
The fully grown caterpillar can be various shades of green and yellow with some caterpillars lacking the distinctive red hair tail spur. Karyn on september 22 2019. No one on september 20 2019. With a face design.