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29-08-2011, 10:30 AM
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| | | Help identifying black caterpillar
Hi everyone,
Could anyone help to identify this black caterpillar, which I found in my garden yesterday. I live in England yet I can't find this caterpillar on any UK sites. The catepillar is black with greyish bands, it has a couple of yellow spots and a black tail. (Pictures attached). At the time it was also feeding on a common vetch weed.
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29-08-2011, 10:39 AM
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| | | Re: Help identifying black caterpillar
Looks like an Elephant Hawk moth caterpillar to me.
Here's a big image that might help: 
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29-08-2011, 10:40 AM
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| | | Re: Help identifying black caterpillar
Looks like some kind of hawkmoth - maybe Elephant with darker colour?
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29-08-2011, 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Hedera  Looks like some kind of hawkmoth - maybe Elephant with darker colour? | Beechatooit!
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29-08-2011, 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Jim Ford Beechatooit!
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29-08-2011, 11:20 AM
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| | | Re: Help identifying black caterpillar
Thanks everyone. It does look similar to the Elephant Hawk Moth picture. Here's me thinking I'd found something rare! |
29-08-2011, 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Caterpillar1 Thanks everyone. It does look similar to the Elephant Hawk Moth picture. Here's me thinking I'd found something rare! | Well I haven't seen one for years, though I keep looking! Their usual food plant is Rose Bay Willowherb, though I understand they'll also eat fuchsia.
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29-08-2011, 01:29 PM
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| | | Re: Help identifying black caterpillar
Hello, (new member),
Could I also ask about a caterpillar seen today on the Quantock Hills in Somerset. Very dark brown, not quite black, with fine orange ring between each segment, the second segment divider being a double orange ring.
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31-08-2011, 09:20 AM
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| | | Re: Help identifying black caterpillar
Fox Moth maybe
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