What a whopper!!!

[ilove2patch]

I found this monster munching his way through my fuschias today. He was nearly 4" long. Apparently he is an Elephant Hawk Moth caterpillar.

[stan3502]

Cor he's a whopper, he'll make short work of your plants Maggie better get him shifted lol

[ilove2patch]

He is welcome to a munch. I have plenty of fuschias.:)

[stan3502]

off to have a google at what he'll turn into

[stan3502]

He's gonna be quite nice aint he

[stan3502]

ooops sorry too big .....................yikes

[bitsnknots]

Cor blimey Maggie that is one big caterpillar.  

[ilove2patch]

He will be one of these.

[bitsnknots]

And it's going to turn into one big moth as well.  Lovely colouring on it though.

[stan3502]

Isn't the colouring beautiful

[captainbovine]

we had one of those on our back wall once, it was massive!!! but so beautiful, we stood and watched it for ages but it didn't move. The colouring was amazing, nature is fantastic!

[wskneil]

Oh look after him and feed him well. The Hawk moths are becoming rarer and are such beautiful things ( Mind you I might be biased seeing that a biorthday present when I was about 8 was a 2 volume set of the moths of the british isles!)

[ilove2patch]

I have loads of big fuchsias so he has plenty to eat. I wonder if there is more than one?

[ilove2patch]

There are two of them. 

[saasher2012]

Look after them! They are as the other poster says quite rare , beautiful moths & unlike some if you are careful you can get really close to them, absolutely exquisite colours , truly nature at her best!.

[ed_blackadder_1]

We used to get loads in our old house they loved the hedge. Haven't seen any here though.

[barefoot.biker]

 Awww Stunning.

Thanks for sharing him/her