sean neill wrote:
> Sounds most like the Puss Moth, which is green but with a dark marking
> on the back and two black eye-spots - not just bluff as it can squirt
> formic acid if alarmed. Its body is thicker at the front and tapering at
> the back with a two-pronged tail. It eats willow etc so could be
> expected in towpath vegitation. As the name implies, the adult is fluffy
> and grey.
>
> The other caterpillar with eyes (two pairs, with 'pupil' and 'iris') is
> the Elephant Hawk-moth - greyish-brown or green speckled with black and
> tapers at the front like an elephant's trunk. It eats willowherb
I think you're right, it must have been a Puss Moth. What got me was
the size of the thing.
Terry Streeter
NB Arun - Chester
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