Extremely large catapillar

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  1. james swann

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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
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    Anyone got any ideas?
     
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      It`s Heimlich , from Bugs life ....ask when the second movie will come out !!!"
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      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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            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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            You want to stop doing that. Smoking and crawling at the same time is dangerous! :lunapic 130165696578242 5:
             
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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? :catapult:
               
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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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