Vapourer moths are a common species but I've never seen one. This was the first time I've found a vapourer caterpillar, during a ten hour day working on the house! You may recall I found some vapourer eggs last month which won't hatch until next spring so I guess this one hatched somewhere near my garden this year.
It has been a tough day on the renovations front... one of the depressing days when the dust and mess and how much we still have to do gets to me, but we are making progress and I know I'm lucky to be able to do the work I want to do and not have to live in it! Here's an alternative view for today! There are two photos in the link if you click the arrow to see the next one. https://www.instagram.com/p/BX8xBUTllpq/
Well done you! How exciting that you had this find in the midst of such hard work. We need these little nature pick me ups I think! FAV and FAB detail.
Renovations sound like hard work, I'm sure it'll all be worth it though.
All the hard work will be worth it - you'll be able to look round and think, "I did that". But I know at the moment that seems a long way off.