Caterpillars: Oak Eggar
This golden streak is, if I am not mistaken, the caterpillar of the Oak Eggar (Lasiocampa quercus), hageheld in Dutch, found in Europe and northern Africa. I found this one on a birch in a peat bog near my home town:
Olympus Stylus 1s, 42mm, ISO160, f8, 1/160s
These caterpillars are about 8cm (3.2") long and feed on larch, birch, willow, and blackberry bushes.
Note: don't touch this one; its hairs cause violent allergic reactions in some people.
The moth it turns into is fairly large, with a wingspan of up to 75mm (3"). These moths fly from May to September, in one generation:
Photo by Ståle Johnsen, from WikiMedia Commons, under a GFDL license
Quite pretty, as moths go.
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