Wednesday 12 April 2017

Unknown Caterpillar

I am in the process of demolishing a lean to wooden shed as the roof is shot through and the wood rotting. That also gives the opportunity to move a couple of water butts. When I lifted the base of one I spotted this caterpillar hiding underneath:

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I made a few attempts at identification but so far drawn a blank. Anyway, see previous post, it's not my month for getting identifications correct. Its length was somewhat over an inch, say about 35mm. After a short while it crept off to find another hiding place.

4 comments:

  1. No clue! Looks a bit of a monster though!

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    1. Simon: Not really as big as it appears in the photo.

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  2. John, If it is big it could be an Elephant Moth. They have a trunk and are three inches long.

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Thank you for visiting. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Any comment, or correction to any information or identification I get wrong, is most welcome. John

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