Black and orange or orange and black. In recent years I have only found a few Cinnabar caterpillars. When we were kids each Ragwort plant in the fields behind our family home had many of these colourful caterpillars. When l find one today I am transported back to the carefree days of my childhood in the 60s unaware of the Cold War, the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missle Crisis.
Continued Reflections from my World. 
I wonder what the butterfly looks like? Cinnabar is the mineral Mercury is derived from.
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added a picture of the moth at the end. I understand that caterpillars are poisonous.
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thanks Andy!
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Oh,It’s a moth! Striking colours!
thanks Andy!
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I haven’t seen a caterpillar in forever and the last one was a Woolly Bear Caterpillar which “The Farmer’s Almanac” predicts the impending Winter by the size of the segment colors. It becomes an Isabella Tiger Moth, nothing particularly remarkable about it however.
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We have those here in the UK Linda. Although not seen them.
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