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  • #1

    Look at this.........

    Hi All,

    I had to show you what I found in the apple tree today.

    Yuk!

    What sort of enormous caterpillar is this then? I bet it is a pest of some sort.

    OH insisted I let it go - he said it was a moth - I just asked how big can they get in the UK.

    It's been an odd week.

    Ann
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    Looks like a privet hawk moth caterpillar. Not a pest if it is.
    Last edited by Capsid; 17-07-2009, 12:19 PM.
    Mark

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    • #3
      Yep we had them last year and that's what we decided they were

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      • #4
        i'm sure he'll turn into a beautiful beastie soon enough

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        • #5
          Looks lovely - this is what it will turn into -
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          • #6
            Well that is pretty.

            Why was he in the top of the apple tree then? it's not their food source.

            I wonder if it's not something slightly different. Having looked a few up on the internet now I have a name the head is a little different - see this picture - its like a sort of flat shield.

            Ann
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            • #7
              Believe me it will munch away on your apple leaves quite happily - also look through the tree very carefully because we found more than one
              Last edited by SMS6; 17-07-2009, 08:38 PM.

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              • #8
                Found a moth....

                ...well, #1 son found it. It scared the bejesus out of him, he said it sounded like a war plane.

                I didn't take a picture, but it was the size of the one in the photo, but it was bright pink and emerald green. Very beautiful indeed.

                Does anyone know what type it was?

                Jules
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                • #9
                  It was a big scare for me as well - I was up a ladder when it fell out of the tree and on me- I think the next road heard the scream.

                  Not sure I want to find any more in this way. I might just keep away from the tree for a few weeks.

                  Ann

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                  • #10
                    I got an odd surprise last year when my cat brought in a huge caterpillar. It was about four inches long, mostly green and had a head a bit like an alien.

                    I'd never seen a caterpillar so big, it turned out to a Hawkmoth.

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                    • #11
                      Hawkmoth caterpillars are spectacular, aren't they. Much better than cabbage whites.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by julesapple View Post
                        it was bright pink and emerald green. Very beautiful indeed.

                        Does anyone know what type it was?

                        Jules
                        Jules, yours sounds like an Elephant Hawk Moth, they love fuschias.
                        Last edited by Pumpkin Becki; 24-07-2009, 08:27 AM.

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