As I wrote when I posted about this on Twitter/X, sometimes Nature is mind blowing!

These are the empty eggs cases of a Puss moth (Cerura vinula), and the damage to a willow leaf from their initial feeding.

And these are the three incredible larvae that had emerged from those eggs cases. One person commented that they thought they looked like aliens; I think they look a little like seahorses out of water. As they grow, they will develop in to even more beautiful larvae (and, fingers crossed, I’m hoping to be able to re-find them).

I’ve never seen an adult Puss moth but it too is an amazing-looking creature (see the photos of both adults and larvae on the UK Moths website here).