Unknown Catipillar
Just found this in the garden
http://www.offroad.btconnect.com/temp/P8230661a.JPG Big bugger isn't it? Any Idea what it is? Rick Rick.... -- Yield to temptation - It might not pass your way again. |
Sorry dont know what it is but I came across a really hairy one yesterday. I think it sprayed something at me or i must have touched it cos i got really bad allegic reaction to it.
really scrachy and rashes all over. ouch!;) |
Unknown Catipillar
"Rick Thomas" dont@bother wrote in message ... Just found this in the garden http://www.offroad.btconnect.com/temp/P8230661a.JPG Big bugger isn't it? Any Idea what it is? Rick Rick.... -- Yield to temptation - It might not pass your way again. Is this UK? |
Unknown Catipillar
"Rick Thomas" dont@bother wrote in message ... Just found this in the garden http://www.offroad.btconnect.com/temp/P8230661a.JPG Big bugger isn't it? Any Idea what it is? Rick Rick.... -- Yield to temptation - It might not pass your way again. Elephant Hawk Moth?? |
Unknown Catipillar
In article , Rick Thomas writes Just found this in the garden http://www.offroad.btconnect.com/temp/P8230661a.JPG Big bugger isn't it? Any Idea what it is? Elephant Hawk-moth. Leave it alone and it'll eventually turn into this: http://www.butterfly-conservation.or...s/test1/a.html it feeds on willowherb, fuchsia, etc., so not really a threat to your garden plants. -- Malcolm |
Unknown Catipillar
Rick Thomas dont@bother wrote:
Just found this in the garden http://www.offroad.btconnect.com/temp/P8230661a.JPG Big bugger isn't it? Any Idea what it is? Rick Rick.... I should have said that I am in Cardiff. After talking to the neighbors , there are loads of them round here, some even bigger!!!. We have moved to the country after being in the inner city, it's "GREAT" all the wildlife. Have already seen a slow worm, the hedgehogs frolic on the lawns at night as well, boy don't they make some strange noises!! Thanks for the people who identified the caterpillar, I would never have found it. Rick... Rick.... -- Yield to temptation - It might not pass your way again. |
Unknown Catipillar
Malcolm Ogilvie wrote:
In article , Rick Thomas writes Just found this in the garden http://www.offroad.btconnect.com/temp/P8230661a.JPG Big bugger isn't it? Any Idea what it is? Elephant Hawk-moth. Leave it alone and it'll eventually turn into this: http://www.butterfly-conservation.or...s/test1/a.html it feeds on willowherb, fuchsia, etc., so not really a threat to your garden plants. Sod the garden plants, I want more wildlife in the garden. Heresy, I know, but that's what I feel. I'll grow plants specifically to feed the bugs (provided I like the bugs that is) and if I like the plants as well, that's a bonus. Rick... Rick.... -- Yield to temptation - It might not pass your way again. |
Unknown Catipillar
".........Big bugger isn't it? ......."
Certainly is, measured 18 inches on my screen when it first came up, later came the smaller pic. with the ruler. Elephant Hawk moth, had them a few years ago (Swansea area) but none for the last 3 years. -- David Hill Abacus nurseries www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk |
Unknown Catipillar
On 23 Aug 2003 15:52:23 -0500, Rick Thomas dont@bother wrote:
I should have said that I am in Cardiff. After talking to the neighbors , there are loads of them round here, some even bigger!!!. We have moved to the country after being in the inner city, it's "GREAT" all the wildlife. Have already seen a slow worm, the hedgehogs frolic on the lawns at night as well, boy don't they make some strange noises!! You wait 'til the Owls start bonking!! Wotta racket!! But seriously folks - if you want to encourage interesting wildlife into your garden then you're going to have to focus on the 'wild'. Resist the temptation to be too neat and tidy - and find a spot of a patch of old carpet.. the slow worms will love it ( and so will the beetles ), and you'll soon have a thriving colony. Regards, -- Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations www.shwoodwind.co.uk Emails to: showard{whoisat}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk |
Unknown Catipillar
"David Hill" wrote in message ...
".........Big bugger isn't it? ......." Certainly is, measured 18 inches on my screen when it first came up, later came the smaller pic. with the ruler. Elephant Hawk moth, had them a few years ago (Swansea area) but none for the last 3 years. They are still around David. My parents live a few hundred yards from your nursery and they had a caterpillar in their garden last week. It is a very common species. The caterpillar looks very unusual. I've had them brought to me many times by curious neighbours who know my interest. I guessed what it would be even before I saw the picture. -- Neil Jones- http://www.butterflyguy.com/ "At some point I had to stand up and be counted. Who speaks for the butterflies?" Andrew Lees - The quotation on his memorial at Crymlyn Bog National Nature Reserve |
Unknown Catipillar
The message
from Rick Thomas dont@bother contains these words: Have already seen a slow worm, the hedgehogs frolic on the lawns at night as well, boy don't they make some strange noises!! Years ago my local bobby (when there *WERE* local bobbies) was called out to an intruder in a shrubbery. His torch revealed a pair of hodgehegs in delicto flagrante. -- Rusty http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/tqt.htm horrid·squeak snailything zetnet·co·uk exchange d.p. with p to reply. |
Unknown Catipillar
On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 19:27:02 +0100, Rusty Hinge
wrote: The message from Rick Thomas dont@bother contains these words: Have already seen a slow worm, the hedgehogs frolic on the lawns at night as well, boy don't they make some strange noises!! Years ago my local bobby (when there *WERE* local bobbies) was called out to an intruder in a shrubbery. His torch revealed a pair of hodgehegs in delicto flagrante. Their case come up next week -- Martin |
All times are GMT +1. The time now is 03:22 PM. |
Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
GardenBanter