Name the caterpillar!

Charlieanne · Sep 14, 2014

Can anyone help with identifying this caterpillar one of my cats brought in?

We think maybe a deaths head moth or a poplar hawk moth?

Also do deaths head moths actually raid bees as well?

Ta muchly

(Hopefully picture will work!)

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yeogi75 · Sep 14, 2014

looks like elephant hawk moth

yeogi75 · Sep 14, 2014

no its not will try and find out on google for you

Charlieanne · Sep 14, 2014

Done more googling here and maybe a privet hawk moth? Just never seen such a giant caterpillar before!

Plus on an aside never knew deaths head moths were European/Asian as after silence of the lambs thought they were American. Would be completely freaked out to find one of those hanging around!

Galaxy55 · Sep 14, 2014

http://imgarcade.com/1/hawk-moth-caterpillar/

yeogi75 · Sep 14, 2014

eyed hawk moth you can see at the web site on picture

Torq · Sep 14, 2014

I found one of these during the week. It's an Elephant hawk moth caterpillar. By the way, the hands aren't mine they belong to the internet. Mine are much rougher and dirtier even though I work in IT.

Ruary · Sep 15, 2014

saw one of those yesterday evening on willow herb, they are enormous and have fake eyes.

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