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Hello all,

Found this while i was having a cigarette crawling up my drive way. i thought jaba the hut was making a comeback! I photographed it next to a peg to try and show it's size

Anyone got any ideas?
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It`s Heimlich , from Bugs life ....ask when the second movie will come out !!!"

it look like hawk-moth caterpillar they are huge moth.
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That moth looks awesome i want one lol :D

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Get the caterpillar , feed it and job done.....many peoples are growing butterfly as hobbie .

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I just found a nice glass vessel to grow it in then suddenly it's vanished!!! but i will keep a look out for it!

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Caterpillar are smarter then many peoples I know , they tend to hyde really well , shake the plants , try to catch for 2 reason , one you can grow it and 2 because they can eat an entire plant in a day .

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uh oh i put it in my mint tub, don't know if they like mint but it was coming to winter time for it anyways :D

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look how big they get.
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wow thats pretty impressive

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This looks like the Booger you've got........
http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=1981
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There are many variety of hawk-moth and many are really pretty.

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I've had a couple of different ones chomping the crud out of my brugmansia plants. Picked off 6 in one day and shifted them to the bottom of the garden. Some are really pretty!

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james swann said: ↑
Hello all,

Found this while i was having a cigarette crawling up my drive way.
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You want to stop doing that. Smoking and crawling at the same time is dangerous!
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I've had a couple of different ones chomping the crud out of my brugmansia plants. Picked off 6 in one day and shifted them to the bottom of the garden. Some are really pretty!
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Catztail , are you one of them peoples that when founds a snail don`t kill it but make it fly to the next door neighbour?
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THE IMPORTANCE OF WORDS IN THE RIGHT POSITION

"...Found this while i was having a cigarette crawling up my drive way"

what were you doing crawling up your driveway james?
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