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We think it`s an Acorn Moth Larvae.

It`s great to see Autumnwatch back on our screens again! :)

Agree with above - looks like the Acorn Moth larvae.

is it an oak gall wasp grub?

is this an acorn weevil or an acorn moth?

Leopard Moth: Zeuzera pyrina

Not necessarily a question for Johnny, but for anyone, just thought I would post it here!
My question is, why is it that fieldfares and redwings don't breed here in the UK? Presumably they must have fairly similar diets to our native thrushes, which can also be found in Scandinavia, but why don't field fares and redwings ever think of stopping here for the summer like some summer migrants now stop during the winter?

Short-Snouted Acorn Weevil Larvae

Oak Marble gall wasp

Why is that Red Deer only rut during the autumn? What is it about Autumn?

Alex

Change of answer, I think it is a Acorn moth larvae.

Best I can come up with is an Oak Moth caterpillar. The moths are active through to November if it is mild enough but can't find any picture of this particular caterpillar.

Acorn moth larvae (Cydia splendana)

We spent a great weekend last weekend on Exmoor watching the early stages of the red deer rut - we even saw the Autumn Watch land rovers during our sojourn and were excited to see the programme is focussing on the area this week but we wonder why you continue to refer to Exmoor as North Devon when the majority of this idyllic national park is Somerset. At the very least Somerset needs an equal
name check Please can you do your best tonight - and keep up the good work - you are the best Friday night entertainment going!!



Please can you do your best tonight -

chestnut tortrix?

Pammene fasciana?

me & her in doors think acorn moth larvae

Pammene fasciana

I think it's acorn moth larva, as it doesn't look like a beetle grub to me.

I have a question and I would be grateful if you could answer it on unsprung....
The other day i was driving up to the scottish highlands when I saw what looked like a crow chasing a buzzard, what could be happening?

magpie moth ?

Pammene fasciana

i think its a Acorn Moth larvae

I have no idea about the grub, but I do have a question I have been meaning to ask for a couple of years. As many people have, I have spiders on the outside of my windows. I love watching them making their webs and the detail and precision that goes into them. My question is, how do they keep themselves from freezing to death in the winter? I spent a lot of time during the 2009 winter watching one on my window. It was snowing heavily for quite a while and each night, the spider would remake its web when the wind and snow had damaged the web. I just wondered, apart from hiding away in our houses and sheds, how do they survive the freezing temperatures? Oh, and where do they find food in such weather? Sorry for the long post!

grey seal?

The sound is young Long-eared Owls?

A. Badger snoring

Manx Shearwater?

wild horse

i think the sound is a beaver

beaver

AUTUMN? WE STILL HAVE BIRDS NESTING IN THE GARDEN LOL. Wood pigeons have been nesting here (ESSEX) and we had two chicks. One died 2 days ago but the other one is still contemplating to leave the nest. Is it normal to still have fledglings at this time of the year?

It's the larva of Cydia splendana, the Chestnut Tortrix or Acorn Moth, which is a bird-dropping mimic as an adult (so Chris really should recognise it!). The tubular, unsclerotised body, lightly-sclerotinised head capsule and 3 pairs of true legs at the front end, plus several pairs of prolegs at the back, ending in a pair of claspers, are all clues that it's a moth larva. It will scuttle backwards at high speed when provoked, which is a good clue that it's a micromoth, and the round hole in an acorn (or sweet chestnut) in October points us nicely in the direction of this species! The acorn will be full of frass (caterpillar droppings) if Chris wants to add it to his collection...

Harbour Seal is making the sound, that has been played for the Quiz!

Please ask Johnny does he believe that there is a big black cat on Exmoor, 'the beast of Exmoor'?

I've not got a clue about the quiz but my wife is convinced its a pine marten. If she's right I'll never hear the end of it.

beaver

picture could be an acorn weevil larvae

I think the Sound is a Sealion or Seal.

I think it's a Puffin.

I think that the noise in the quiz is one of Chris's poodles making noises while asleep.

I think the sound is a pervert laughing in the hedge...

Snipe?

The sound sounds like itchy and scratchy snoring!!

Beaver vocalisation?

The sound is a badger making a noise while sleeping!

A snoring badger

The Autumnwatch sound is pine Martin kits

otter maybe?

I think the mystery sound is Kate Humble.

We think the sound is a baby grey seal pup

Its true that very few people would have ever heard that particular sound, because it's my cat, Margo, snoring

I think the noise is a snipe. From Michael in north wales

Snoring badger maybe?

I think the sound is a dog??? well at least my dog makes that sound :P

We think the sound was a grey seal

I think the mystery sound is an otter

I think that the mystery sound is my sister singing

The sound is badgers snoring :)

Sound is a badger snoring. Now I know I wasn't the only person watching on red button!

Hi my hubby steve recons the sound is a seal snoring.
from janice and steve from boston lincs

Acorn weevil

Ithink the sound's a Lynx....Chris dropped a "Lynx" song title...."Intuition"
Long shot, I know, but he who never guessed........

I think it might be a snipe

The sound is a panda. Specifically a baby. Bri

A wimpy fox?

the noise could be a common seal?

I think the sound is that of an Otter?

bore

I thin it is a beaver

Can I answer the mystery sound quiz here? if so...my answer is that i believe it to be a Badger, snoozing :)

Going with beaver for tonight's animal sound.

we think the mystery noise is a hedgehog

Is the noise some kind of deer?
I think Autumnwatch gets better and better. I love it!

Pine Martin kits

Is the sound a pine marten?

I think the noise is a black grouse male on his keep

My sister has been watching the badgers all week and she says the sound is snoring badgers :) love the show :)

Paul, Emily and Tom think that the sound is a common seal pup calling for its mum! Please read this out on the air before Emily and Tom have to go to bed!

Is it the sound of a grey seal?

I think the sound is a Dormouse snoring....probably because it is lying on its back!!!Lots of us snore when we lie on our backs.[ smile ]
Please tell Chris that I missed his not being at BBWF this august.

Cindy Moss
Rutland

Scottish Wildcat

Manx Shearwater?

The mystery sound is a sleeping badger creating musical snores!

Mystery sound a Manx Shearwater

i think the sound is a manx shearwater

The sound was a seal pup

Hi we were wondering, with digital switchover happening across the country, whether your badgers are ready with a sett top box? Are they still analogue and black and white?! Suzie Flowerbeds

a badger snoring I think

we think the sound is a hedgehog - vicky & dave, in seaford

grub

Unsprung question for Chris, is pishing acceptable to get a migrant bird to show itself?

boar

Is it an otter

I think this is sound of a badger having a dream!!

Sounds is like our cat Bengal Chardonnay snoring - which she does a lot

The mystery sound is your badgers from last week snoring!

I Agree with the above suggestions that this grub is from an Acorn Moth.
Can I also ask Johnny that we have a chickens in an orchard next to our house, our next door neighbour has seen a badger in the garden, is it likely to be after our chickens or fermenting fruit?

I think the sound is a hawkeshead moth.

I think its the sleeping badgers

acorn moth lava

the answer is a badger snoring in its den - watched it the other night for ages!