Interestingly Big!

I've found a rather huge (in my eyes) caterpillar while walking through the park, its the second one i've seen for quite a few years, but the first caterpillar was brown. This one is around 2 1/2" - 3"
here's a picture of the little stunner
Just thought someone may find it interesting



Keelan

Wow, that's pretty

Is that the one from your ice lolly? lol

wow thats huge, ive only ever found one that was about and inch but that colorful and Huge lol
Hudgellboy

Haha yea Suz don't remind me of that *just eaten* its really is a colourful one

That looks like a poplar hawk-moth caterpillar to me. As adults they have a wing span of 3 1/2 in.

are you going to hang on to it and see what it turns into?

yes, its the hawk moth caterpillar.
The first time I saw one crawling around my compost bin I freaked but it turned into a nice insect, sadly it flew away before I could look at it for long.

Jo

get a little tank with pots and plants and loadz of leaves and put it in there just make sure you have a net over the top and watch it grow i done it with stickinsects once but i had 2 a male and female then they started to poo and did you know there poo is actually eggs well i certainly didnt woke up the next morning with about 2 million litterally all stuck on the kitchen and bathroom walls mum killed me