Small Chocolate-tip (Clostera pigra)
Small Chocolate-tip (Clostera pigra)

A species which rarely comes to light, but has been found in several sites in North Antrim through larval searches, on small willows. The caterpillar makes a tent like structure by spinning together leaves, normally at the tip of a branch - see below.

Small Chocolate-tip (Clostera pigra) caterpillar

Location: North Antrim

Photographer: Geoff Campbell

Small Chocolate-tip (Clostera pigra)

A species which rarely comes to light, but has been found in several sites in North Antrim through larval searches, on small willows. The caterpillar makes a tent like structure by spinning together leaves, normally at the tip of a branch - see below.

Small Chocolate-tip (Clostera pigra) caterpillar

Location: North Antrim

Photographer: Geoff Campbell