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29-08-2007, 10:01 PM
| | New Member | | Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 2
| | | Hello from Wales
Hello Everyone, joined today , I'm a retired pensioner with a large garden & large pond.Today I saw a caterpillar swimming in my pond,bang in the middle on pondweed.Fished him out,identified him as an Elephant Hawk Moth Caterpillar. He seemed no worse for wear getting wet,but this is the question ? how did he get there and from where ? There is nothing overhanging he could have fallen from. |
29-08-2007, 10:26 PM
| | Frozen | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: march, cambridgeshire
Posts: 2,156
| | | Re: Hello from Wales
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Originally Posted by jdhill  Hello Everyone, joined today , I'm a retired pensioner with a large garden & large pond.Today I saw a caterpillar swimming in my pond,bang in the middle on pondweed.Fished him out,identified him as an Elephant Hawk Moth Caterpillar. He seemed no worse for wear getting wet,but this is the question ? how did he get there and from where ? There is nothing overhanging he could have fallen from. | hi to you enjoy wab,i am retired too large garden and large pond snap,as for your catterpiller he or she was very lucky you spotted him or her,have you got fish in your pond i have and they would have eaten him or her,i recon a bird dropped it they say cats have nine lives your catterpiller sure has. |
29-08-2007, 10:59 PM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Small North Lincolnshire village
Posts: 9,436
| | | Re: Hello from Wales
Hi jdhill and a warm welcome. Can't think of any other way the caterpillar got in your pond. Like naturelover said, probably dropped by a bird. Lucky for the caterpillar you spotted it.
Enjoy the site
Roger |
29-08-2007, 11:35 PM
|  | Wild Member | | Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 121
| | | Re: Hello from Wales
Hello jdhill!! Hope you enjoy the site as much as I do.
What did you do with the caterpillar after drying it out? |
30-08-2007, 01:20 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Llanelli, Carms, S.Wales
Posts: 1,948
| | | Re: Hello from Wales
Welcome jdhil. I am sure you will enjoy it here.
Dai |
30-08-2007, 06:33 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ijmuiden, Holland
Posts: 2,046
| | | Re: Hello from Wales
Hi Jdhill, welcome from me too!. I wish I had a large garden with a pond - lucky you! It's great that you have joined and I look forward to seeing you around and hearing about what else you get in your pond and garden  . |
30-08-2007, 07:22 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Lancashire.
Posts: 1,036
| | | Re: Hello from Wales
Hi Jdhill,
A warm welcome to WAB, looking forward to your posts.
Glad the caterpillar survived the pond.
Carol.
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30-08-2007, 10:10 AM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Scotland/Spain
Posts: 5,611
| | | Re: Hello from Wales
Hello and a warm welcome |
30-08-2007, 10:47 AM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 581
| | | Re: Hello from Wales
Welcome from me,hope you enjoy.
Best from mike. |
30-08-2007, 10:53 AM
| | Active Member | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Essex
Posts: 56
| | | Re: Hello from Wales
Hi jdHill, you have chose a great forum here. I joined less than a week ago and it is fantastic. Great members and loads of info and help.
Enjoy
emmz
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