Elephant Hawk-Moth caterpillar

Elephant Hawk-Moth caterpillar

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We saw this huge, beautiful caterpillar while gardening at the Cefn Erw Monkey Sanctuary.  Although it wasn’t strictly on the canal as it remains, I feel justified in posting him on here as the canal was very nearby in the past at Abercrave, and he was very handsome.

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