Grey Dagger Moth Damage

[Penellype]

This is a grey dagger moth caterpillar



and this is what 4 of them (that I managed to find) have done to my minarette apple tree



Not happy!

[Nicos]

Oh dear…I don’t blame you

This says the moth is common too
https://butterfly-conservation.org/moths/grey-dagger

worth keeping an eye out for them then

Presumably, where there are four, there will be others. Hope not.

[Snoop Puss]

Sympathy like there, Penellype. Terrible.

[Penellype]

I haven't found any more caterpillars, and strangely the James Grieve tree about 10ft away has no damage at all. Maybe it was just one moth and 1 batch of eggs.

[mothhawk]

I saw one today (thanks for the ID, Pen) on my climbing rose, but as it was on the part where all the leaves have had neat circles cut out already, I let it be.