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Insect identification please!

Tigsteroonie
Tigsteroonie Posts: 24,954 Forumite
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About three inches long, and the cat was fascinated with it :)
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  • GreenFly_2
    GreenFly_2 Posts: 143 Forumite
    My guess is a leather jacket
  • rhiwfield
    rhiwfield Posts: 2,482 Forumite
    I think its an elephant hawk moth caterpillar.
  • Tigsteroonie
    Tigsteroonie Posts: 24,954 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    :T :T :T :T :T

    Thank you MSE, can always rely on you!
    :heartpuls Mrs Marleyboy :heartpuls

    MSE: many of the benefits of a helpful family, without disadvantages like having to compete for the tv remote

    :) Proud Parents to an Aut-some son :)
  • GreenFly_2
    GreenFly_2 Posts: 143 Forumite
    rhiwfield wrote: »
    I think its an elephant hawk moth caterpillar.

    Well done I think your spot on! :T
  • mrbadexample
    mrbadexample Posts: 10,805 Forumite
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    It would appreciate being put safely out of reach of the cat. ;)
    If you lend someone a tenner and never see them again, it was probably worth it.
  • emiff6
    emiff6 Posts: 794 Forumite
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    Preferably onto willowherb or bedstraw, although last year I had one living very happily on my hardy fuchsia.
    If I'm over the hill, where was the top?
  • Sagaris
    Sagaris Posts: 1,852 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Photogenic Debt-free and Proud!
    Yep, definately an elephant hawk moth caterpillar, we had one crawling up the door blind last year - no idea where he came from! Lovely though.
    :j Almost 2 stones gone! :j
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    :p I WILL be tidy, I WILL be tidy! :p
  • ladylouise62
    ladylouise62 Posts: 731 Forumite
    Ooh, fantastic - they are stunning creatures when they turn into a moth!
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