Caterpillar ID please

[DieCryHate]

Sorry as not strictly gardening but couldn't see a wildlife section.

Found this little critter today. Tried it on INaturalist and google image but no joy.

Anyone have an idea on what it is? Thanks.

I'd try here http://www.wildlifeinsight.com/guide-to-british-caterpillars/help-with-caterpillar-identification/ - they have ID galleries for all the British butterflies and moths, and if you can't match it up, you can email them with a request to help identify it. What it's feeding on and where you found it will help.

Perfect @TheGirlOnTheLanding thanks very much.

That may not be a caterpillar. You see 3 pairs of legs just behind the head? then behind that there are little lumps sticking out - these are prolegs, or they would be if this were a caterpillar. But caterpillars have 2-5 pairs of prolegs, and this creature has 6.

So it's definitely an insect larva of some sort, but not a moth/butterfly larva.

The things that are most often confused with caterpillars are the larvae of sawflies. So the first stp in identifying it might be to google sawfly

And of course if it's a sawfly larva it's very relevant as sawfly larvae spend most of their time eating garden plants.

@MereDintofPandiculation thank you. It was in our conservatory but not too far away outside is my potted rose which I have previously found a sawfly which was trying to lay its eggs. I have sent off the photo to the website thegirlonthelanding kindly suggested. In the time it took to go sort out my toddler I came back and the larvae/caterpillar has disappeared

I'm a keen gardener..it's a green burrow back caterpillar...it's normally found on green foliage and has very good camouflage..be careful they can sometimes bite

Looks to me like a cabbage white with those horrible wasp things coming out of it. Hold on ill get a pic. I had a couple and it was FACINATING

It's related to the brown burrow back caterpillar which is normally found on brown twigs...it also has good camouflage

Parasitic wasps. I can't attach a pic but Google. Maybe I'm totally wrong 😂

I think it’s a beetle larva but goodness knows which one! They have the prolegs though.

Bloody hate sawfly- I spend summer battling them on gooseberries and Solomon’s seal. Gave up growing the viburnums they like

Thanks all! It's definitely a naughty saw fly. I checked the rose nearest the house and sure enough there was a few on it and I found the branch where they have erupted from. Little sods.

Bleuch, you have my sympathies!