Caterpillar

Last week a Brimstone butterfly flew past me in the warm sunshine.  Despite it only being 4ºC this morning, I just saw (and snapped) a Scarlet Tiger Moth caterpillar.  It's black, yellow, white and hairy and it was on a Wild Privet, which is not one of its main food plants.  Apparently they over-winter as caterpillars, pupate in June and hatch into very brightly coloured black, white and red moths in July.  This one has a long way to go...