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Here are 2 picks...it's about 3 inches long and has 1 big yellow eye in the center of the top of its head (Don't know if the eye is real). It looks like an alien, pretty cool
Thanks for your help!
Thanks for your help!
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Last edited by bluefish44; 03-08-2009, 03:56 PM. -
A hawkmoth caterpillar, possibly elephant hawkmoth. -
I'd go with Capsid's Elephant Hawkmoth http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.c...lephantmth.htmLast edited by Two_Sheds; 03-08-2009, 04:48 PM.All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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The largest caterpillar in this country, will eat a cabbage in one sitting!! Seriously, I'm not sure what their main food is but I'm sure they eat a lot looking at the size of them. I never kill them as there aren't a lot of them about I just remove to an area away from everyone's allotment.
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Found out that this thing is a 'Tomato Worm' on another forum...I'm in the US, not the UK...so I guess we dont have the Elephant Hawkmoths...The thing looks like an alien, don't think I'll be eating tomatoes from the garden this yr.Comment
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I don't think it's a Tomato Worm aka Five-Spotted Hawkmoth (Manduca quinquemaculata) ... they have horns on their rear endLast edited by Two_Sheds; 03-08-2009, 06:45 PM.All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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Definitely a hawkmoth caterpillar, what was it living on?Comment
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I found it on the stem of a boston ivy vine (which was very close to a tomato plant)...Other people seemed fairly certain it was a tomato worm, but I'm not sure. Figured that since it was near the tomato plant then it must be.
Another has said that it is definately a Achemon Sphinx "hornless hornworm"...after looking at the picture on this link, I would tend to agree...it has that single yellow eye on the top of its head
http://www.blogsmonroe.com/nature/20...less-hornworm/
this pic is tiny, but you can tell its the same thing
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...a%3DN%26um%3D1Last edited by bluefish44; 03-08-2009, 07:40 PM.Comment
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