"David Hill" wrote in message ...

On 07/08/2014 00:30, Andy Burns wrote:
Another John wrote:

I was going to ask everyone what *the hell* this is:

but my wife used something called Google to find out that it's
apparently the larva of an Elephant Hawk Moth.

Got any fuchsias about? They love to strip them of leaves&flowers
overnight ...


I don't know what the fuss is all about, over the years I've had various
of the Hawk moth caterpillars and there has never been any great damage,
they are fascinating creatures and the moths are well worth having around.
Think your self lucky.
incidentally the link doesn't open for me.
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The link didn't work for me either, but it didn't matter I know what they
look like having taken photos of them in my neighbour's garden, AND the
stripped Fuchsias as well, but the funny thing is that theirs were stripped
but ours, on the other side of the fence, less that 3 feet away, were OK.
Perhaps it's a certain variety they go for?????


Mike

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