What is this caterpillar

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• bertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697

  September 2023

  Could be an elephant hawk moth?????
  

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• mac12 Posts: 209

  September 2023

  Thanks for your answers I don't think I've ever seen a caterpillar so big 

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• Alan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190

  September 2023

  It is an Elephant Hawkmoth.

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  September 2023

  It’s an elephant  hawk moth caterpillar … it’s on the ground looking for a dry safe place to pupate and turn into an adult.  

  
  

  “The caterpillars overwinter as chrysalides, hidden among low vegetation or in the soil.”
  
  https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/invertebrates/moths/elephant-hawk-moth
  

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

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• Crazybeelady Posts: 778

  September 2023

  Lucky you, I'm itching to see one!

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