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  • Red pupae in my newly dug potatoes

    Anyone know what this thing is? It starts to wriggle when left in the sunshine.


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    Its a castor, the pupa of a fly I think. Seen them on some of the fishing programmes

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    • #3
      It look like the pupae of the Angle Shade Moth. If it's about 15mm long I would put money on it. I have them all the time in the garden. There a beautiful moth, but there caterpillars do quite a bit of damage.





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      • #4
        yeah, moth pupa, but apparently there are about 800 types that all look the same. You could try hatching it in a jar of soil
        Last edited by Two_Sheds; 09-07-2011, 03:18 PM.
        All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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