It is about 5 inches and was attached to my trousers earlier today- really gave me a fright. moderator's note: added a more descriptive title to topic
Probably the caterpillar of one of the Sphinx Moth varieties but I can't tell from the photo which one
Hello Howie, I think it's the Elephant Hawk Caterpillar. Since I see you live in England, I did some searches and came up with this link which looks like the one in your pic... http://www.david.element.ukgateway.net/ ... moths1.htm Hope that helps...