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Posted: **Sat Sep 26, 2009 10:27 am**

This top caterpillar caused a bit of a panic on one of the plots on our site. It's an elephant hawkmoth larva.

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The lower image could well be mistaken for another giant caterpillar - maybe the giant cucumber moth? :lol:

Posted: **Sat Sep 26, 2009 10:31 am**

Nice one!

Posted: **Sat Sep 26, 2009 9:23 pm**

glallotments wrote:This top caterpillar caused a bit of a panic on one of the plots on our site. It's an elephant hawkmoth larva.

Beautiful thing isn't it.
Our kids primary school had poplar trees and they gave an annual crop of Poplar Hawk Moths, see http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=28

glallotments wrote:The lower image could well be mistaken for another giant caterpillar - maybe the giant cucumber moth?

Me, I thought your cat had been unwell. :shock:

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