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Pauline 7Pauline 7 Posts: 2,246
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I have been tidying next door neighbour's garden for him and found this little fellow in the gap in some paving.  Has anyone any idea as to what it is please? 




He is about an inch long......In old money.
Thanks 
West Yorkshire

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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    Looks like a Privet Hawk Moth caterpillar Pauline.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190
    Elephant Hawkmoth caterpillar. Usually they are brown but some are green.
  • JellyfireJellyfire Posts: 1,139
    Privet hawk moth catepillar. Theyre mighty beasts
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Alan Clark2 in Liverpool said:
    Elephant Hawkmoth caterpillar. Usually they are brown but some are green.
    Yes ... http://www.uksafari.com/elephanthm.htm 

     :) 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • JellyfireJellyfire Posts: 1,139
    ah yep, think you are right, the privet has stripes and not the 'eyes'
  • Pauline 7Pauline 7 Posts: 2,246
    Thank you all.  I think he looked lovely,  it was the colour that caught my eye . I didn't think it was real until it moved. 
    West Yorkshire
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    The elephant hawk moth caterpillar will get very large, It is called this because it has what looks like a trunk it can extend. It will clear the new growth from a fushia ovetnight when finished will leave to hide elsewhere until appearing as a large pink moth.
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