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  1. wiseowl

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    Good evening can anyone I D these caterpillars all over my Dahlia's please:smile:

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    Good morning @Drahcir I would have done but the heavy consistent rain has washed them all away;)
     
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    Looks like a dahlia cutworm
     
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    A cutworm is pretty much just a moth caterpillar of which there are kazillions of them and you find them everywhere. Seeing as it was on a dahlia, I assumed it was a dahlia cutworm!
     
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    Water soluble caterpillars? Great idea, I wish my slug population would take a leaf out of that book :biggrin:
    The thing sort of looks like a moth larvae. It's not hairy at all and is out and about quite late in the season. :scratch:
     
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