> 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
>
I last saw one as a child - it looked bigger then... There are quite a
number of moth caterpillars which grow to that size (and some of the
hawk-moths are larger) - the caterpillar is quite a bit bigger than the
final moth as it has to store all the fat etc. which will be needed to
fuel metamorphosis in the pupa, as well as a lot of its volume being
vegetation-filled gut (which is why they make such a mess of you squash
one) which is of course deleted in the moth.
Sean
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