Niall Benvie,Niall Benvie / Oak Eggar Moth (Lasiocampa quercus) against white background. France, July.

TJ Rich / Small eggar (Eriogaster lanestris) caterpillar larval tent on Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) bush. Martin Down National Nature Reserve, Hampshire, England, UK. June.

TJ Rich / Small eggar (Eriogaster lanestris) caterpillar, two basking on larval tent on Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa). Martin Down National Nature Reserve, Hampshire, England, UK. June.

Chris Mattison / December moth (Poecilocampa populi) on branch. Wye Valley, Gwent, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. December.

Andy Sands / Lappet moth (Gastropacha quercifolia) second year larvae camoflaged on Apple tree twig, Hertfordshire, England, UK, May

Andy Sands / Drinker moth (Euthrix potatoria) Larvae on Bramble leaf, Suffolk, England, UK, May - Focus Stacked Image

Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Lappet moth (Lasiocampidae) caterpillar, Sai Kung, Hong Kong, China.

Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Lappet moth (Lasiocampidae) caterpillar, Sai Kung, Hong Kong, China.

Loic Poidevin / Mass of Lappet moth (Lasiocampidae) caterpillars, Madagascar.

Nick Upton / Lackey moth (Malacosoma neustria) caterpillars on silk tent shrouding a bush they are defoliating, Cornwall, UK, April.

David Kjaer / Drinker moth (Euthrix potatoria) Dorset, England, UK, July.

David Kjaer / Drinker moth (Euthrix potatoria) caterpillar, Greylake RSPB Reserve on the Somerset Levels, England, UK, May.

Chris Mattison / Drinker moth (Euthrix potatoria) Monmouthshire, July. Focus-stacked image.

Chris Mattison / Lackey moth caterpillar (Malacosoma neustria) on white background Gower Peninsula, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. June.

Chris Mattison / Drinker moth (Euthrix potatoria) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK.July

Lorraine Bennery / Ground lackey moth (Malacosoma castrense) caterpillar, Herault, France, May.

Lorraine Bennery / Fox moth (Macrothylacia rubi), La Brenne Regional Natural Park, France, June.

Lorraine Bennery / European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) in flight, with a prey Oak Eggar Moth (Lasiocampa quercus), Allier, France, July.

Lorraine Bennery / Fox moth (Macrothylacia rubi) eggs, Vercors Regional Natural Park, France, June.

Sue Daly / Lackey moth (Malacosoma neustria) caterpillars and tent Sark, British Channel Islands, April.

Sue Daly / Lackey moth caterpillar (Malacosoma neustria), Sark, British Channel Islands, May.

Paul Bertner / Tent Caterpillar Moth (Borocera cajani) caterpillar, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Paul Bertner / Tent Caterpillar Moth (Trabala sp) caterpillar, Khao Yai National Park, Thailand

Paul Bertner / Tent Caterpillar Moth (Borocera cajani) caterpillar, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Will Watson / Oak eggar moth caterpillar (Lasioncampa quercus) on Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus), Black Mountains, Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, UK. May 2017.

Philippe Clement / Moth (Malacosoma alpicolum) caterpillars feeding on leaves, Gran Paradiso National Park, Graian Alps, Italy, June.

Nick Upton / Fox moth caterpillar (Macrothylacia rubi) crawling along grassy cliff edge, near Bude, Cornwall, UK, March.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Drinker moth (Euthrix potatoria) caterpillar, Ottersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, June. meetyourneighbours.net project

Paul Harcourt Davies / Lackey moth caterpillar (Malacosoma neustria) Castellucio di Norcia, Umbria. Italy

Paul Harcourt Davies / Plum lappet moth (Odonestis pruni) Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Plum lappet moth (Odonestis pruni) Podere Montecucco, Orvieto. Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Plum lappet moth (Odonestis pruni) Podere Montecucco, Orvieto. Italy. June.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Drinker moth (Euthrix potatoria), Mechtersheim, Pfalz, Germany. July. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Lorraine Bennery / Fox moth (Macrothylacia rubi) eggs, Alpes-Maritimes, France, June.

Lorraine Bennery / Fox moth (Macrothylacia rubi) eggs, Haute-Savoie, France, June.

Lorraine Bennery / Fox moth (Macrothylacia rubi) eggs, Haute-Savoie, France, June.

David Kjaer / Drinker caterpillar (Euthrix potatoria) Hampshire, UK

Jussi Murtosaari / Pine tree lappet moth (Dendrolimus pini), female on pine tree, Joutsa, Finland, July.

Chien Lee / Tent Caterpillar Moth (Lebeda sp) caterpillar with urticating hairs, Indonesia

Simon Colmer / Lackey moth (Malacosoma neustria) caterpillar, Sussex, UK. June,

David Kjaer / Small eggar moth (Eriogaster lanestris) communal web of caterpillars, Dorset, UK, June.

David Kjaer / Small eggar (Eriogaster lanestris) communal web of caterpillars, Dorset, UK, June.

Jussi Murtosaari / Lappet moth (Gastropacha quercifolia) female, Kitee, Pohjois-Karjala / North Karelia, Ita-Suomi / Eastern Finland, Finland. July

Jussi Murtosaari / Fox moth (Macrothylacia rubi) caterpillar covered in urticating hairs, Kumlinge, Ahvenanmaa / Aland Islands Archipelago, Finland. September

Robert Thompson / Lackey Moth (Malacosoma neustria) Col du Lombardie, Mercantour National Park, Provence, France, June.

John Abbott / Western Tent Caterpillar Moth (Malacosoma californicum) on white background, Mono County, California, USA, June.

Chris Mattison / Fox Moth caterpillar (Macrothylacia rubi), Hallam Moor, South Yorkshire, UK. May.

Chris Mattison / Fox Moth caterpillar (Macrothylacia rubi), Hallam Moor, South Yorkshire. May.

Piotr Naskrecki / Tent Caterpillar Moth (Chrysopsyche lutulenta) camouflaged on leaf litter in the dry season, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Jussi Murtosaari / Lappet moth (Gastropacha quercifolia) eastern Finland, July.

Paul Hobson / December moth adult (Poecilocampa populi) on twig, Sheffield, England, November.

Paul Hobson / December moth adult (Poecilocampa populi) on leaf, Sheffield, England, UK, November.

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Tent Caterpillar Moth (Lasiocampidae) camouflaged on leaf litter, Tawau Hills Park, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Andy Sands / Drinker moth (Euthrix potatoria) caterpillar drinking dew from a grass stem, Hertfordshire, England, UK, May. Controlled conditions.

Thomas Marent / Ground Lackey Moth (Malacosoma castrense) caterpillar, Switzerland

Thomas Marent / Moth (Gastropacha quercifolia) mimicking a dead leaf, Switzerland

Thomas Marent / Moth (Gastropacha quercifolia) mimicking a dead leaf, Switzerland

Chien Lee / Tent Caterpillar Moth (Lasiocampidae) caterpillar covered with empty cocoons of parasitic wasps which have emerged after feeding on its body, Mount Kinabalu National Park, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Tent Caterpillar Moth (Radhica elisabethae) male mimicking a fallen leaf, Gunung Penrissen, Borneo, Malaysia

Robert Thompson / Moth (Cosmotriche lobulina) resting on tree, Radosovice, Czech Republic, April

Philippe Clement / Caterpillar larvae of Small Eggar moth (Eriogaster lanestris) living gregariously in silken web on Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna). La Brenne, France, April.

Alex Hyde / Fox moth caterpillar (Macrothylacia rubi) sequence unrolling from defensive rolled posture.

Chien Lee / Tent Caterpillar Moth (Arguda insulindiana) camouflaged in leaf litter, Lawas, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Tent Caterpillar Moth (Lebeda cognata) female camouflaged in leaf litter, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Konrad Wothe / Moth (Gastropacha quercifolia) mimicking leaf, Bulgaria

Robert Thompson / Small eggar moth (Eriogaster lanestris) Monmurray, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, UK, February

Robert Thompson / Fox moth (Macrothylacia rubi) female on heather, Eshywulligan, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, UK, June

Murray Cooper / Tent Caterpillar Moth (Lasiocampidae) caterpillar, Amazon, Ecuador

Thomas Marent / Tent Caterpillar Moth (Lasiocampidae) caterpillar, Montagne des Francais Reserve, Antsiranana, northern Madagascar

Thomas Marent / Tent Caterpillar Moth (Lasiocampidae) caterpillars, Montagne des Francais Reserve, Antsiranana, northern Madagascar

Thomas Marent / Tent Caterpillar Moth (Lasiocampidae) caterpillars, Montagne des Francais Reserve, Antsiranana, northern Madagascar

Thomas Marent / Tent Caterpillar Moth (Lasiocampidae) caterpillars, Montagne des Francais Reserve, Antsiranana, northern Madagascar

Silvia Reiche / Tent Caterpillar Moth (Eriogaster catax) caterpillar, Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Dordogne, France

Andy Sands / Fox Moth (Macrothylacia rubi) caterpillar larva climbing along Heather stem, Surrey, England, UK

Mark Moffett / Tent Caterpillar Moth (Lasiocampidae) caterpillars near Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Roger Powell / Group of Lasiocampidae larvae in grass, Extremadura, Spain

PREMAPHOTOS / Fox moth (Macrothylacia rubi) male resting amongst grass in the day, UK

Duncan Mcewan / Fox moth {Macrothylacia rubi} resting on heather, UK

Bernard Castelein / Fox moths mating (Macrothylacia rubi) Belgium

Brian Lightfoot / Coiled caterpillar larva of Fox moth (Macrothylacia rubi) Scotland, UK

Ingo Arndt / Tent Caterpillar Moth (Lasiocampidae) in cocoon

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Moth (Gastropacha quercifolia) caterpillar, Shiga, Japan

Robert Thompson / Caterpillar larva of Small eggar moth (Eriogaster lanestris) Umbra NNR, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK

Robert Thompson / Pale eggar moth (Trichiura crataegi) resting on heather flowers (Calluna sp), Lough Navar Forest Park, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, UK, September

Robert Thompson / Pale eggar moth (Trichiura crataegi) resting on branch, Lough Navar Forest Park, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, UK, September

Jussi Murtosaari / Small lappet moth (Phyllodesma ilicifolia) male, resting on branch, Finland. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Group of Lackey moth caterpillars (Malacosoma neustria) gathered on a rock, Gargano, Puglia, Italy. April.

Stephen Dalton / Drinker moth (Euthrix potatoria) caterpillar resting on leaf, Sussex, England. May.

Nick Upton / Oak eggar (Lasiocampa quercus) caterpillar crawling over a sandy path, Merthyr Mawr National Nature Reserve, Bridgend, Wales, UK. June.

Adrian Davies / Lackey moth (Malacosoma neustria) caterpillars in silk 'tent' among foliage, Cornwall, UK. May.

Jussi Murtosaari / Male Oak eggar moth (Lasiocampa quercus) flying through habitat, Finland. June.

Jussi Murtosaari / Male Oak eggar moth (Lasiocampa quercus) flying through woodland, Finland. June.

Robin Chittenden / Drinker moth (Euthrix potatoria) eggs on grass blade, Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, UK. August.

Chris Mattison / Lappet moth (Gastropacha quercifolia) caterpillar crawling along a branch, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. June.

Chris Mattison / Drinker moth (Euthrix potatoria) caterpillar, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. June.