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tubby tomo

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Caterpillar
« on: August 08, 2009, 10:19:58 am »
I was wondering if anyone could identify this Caterpillar we found in my son's garden. Thanks for looking Alan :o
The mobile phone is for a comparison of size (approx 2 1/2 inches)
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Re: Caterpillar
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2009, 11:54:57 am »
Its a hawk moth caterpillar.  :-))
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Re: Caterpillar
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2009, 10:34:32 am »
I'm pretty sure  that's the caterpillar of the Puss Moth, Dicky...

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Re: Caterpillar
« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2009, 11:32:03 am »
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Re: Caterpillar
« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2009, 11:43:36 am »
Well, it began with a P, didn't it? Got something right for a change.....     {:-{


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Re: Caterpillar
« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2009, 12:12:23 pm »
Quote from: DickyD on August 09, 2009, 11:32:03 am
Sorry Rich I reckon its a Privet Hawk Moth caterpillar.

Yup I agree with that identification.   Confirmed by the fact that the leaves in the pic, presumably the food plant, are privet.   A very beautiful caterpillar and moth.

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Re: Caterpillar
« Reply #6 on: August 09, 2009, 01:35:25 pm »
Speaking of hawk moths...

Was watching these humming bird hawk moths in a friend's garden in Mayenne. Spent a long time in France, but never seen them before.
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Re: Caterpillar
« Reply #7 on: August 09, 2009, 02:35:57 pm »
Quote from: Jonty on August 09, 2009, 01:35:25 pm
Speaking of hawk moths...

Was watching these humming bird hawk moths in a friend's garden in Mayenne. Spent a long time in France, but never seen them before.

Yes they're wonderful little things aren't they.   Just like a tiny little bird.   I've seen one in the UK a couple of times in 60 years, once when I was a child and once a few years ago.

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Re: Caterpillar
« Reply #8 on: August 09, 2009, 03:06:32 pm »
Humming bird moths are common in Southern Germany, Bavaria. They really look more like birds than insects.
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Re: Caterpillar
« Reply #9 on: August 09, 2009, 05:05:37 pm »
The moth appears frequently in our garden. It seems to prefer the deep red geraniums which my wife has planted in great abundance. The hovering of the moth is most impressive as is its long proboscis which it uncoils into each flower without ever alighting. Although a moth it is very active by day.

Roger in France
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tubby tomo

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Re: Caterpillar
« Reply #10 on: August 10, 2009, 07:59:06 am »
 :-))hi all thanks Dicky  i know ill get an answer to my questions on mayhem
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Re: Caterpillar
« Reply #11 on: August 10, 2009, 01:20:29 pm »
Saw one of those humming bird type moths in Reedham village in Norfolk about five years ago, didn't know what it was.... now I do!
Thanks for that chaps.
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Re: Caterpillar
« Reply #12 on: August 10, 2009, 01:41:25 pm »
Hello

 :D I've just discovered what means Caterpillar ... For me it was just a yellow bulldozer at least a yellow engine  :}

A+ Xtian 

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