Strange bug anyone know what it is?

http://www.swarb.co.uk/i/index.php?...io3NmRkZmU4MGE4MThjYTUyMDViN2NkYzY3ODE5ODZhMA

 

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Photo taken in a field 20 miles outside of London, England.

 

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Caterpillar of some kind. Destroy it before it eats your cows.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambton_Worm

 

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Looks like a Sphinx or Swallowtail caterpillar, but I don't know what species.

 

Ok, it's a Puss Moth caterpillar (Cerura vinula).
Beautiful caterpillar..

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Yours is a bit darker, like this one:

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The moth:

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Oh wow Enmos thats it. Amazing even when a moth, Thanks for this

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You're welcome

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Got any more ?

 

Apparently, they can discharge formic acid. Did the one you saw do that ?

"..when threatened they rear up, revealing a red and black 'face', and shoot formic acid."
http://www.plantpress.com/wildlife/o281-pussmoth.php

 

Lol it might have attacked the g/f. We were trying to get him out of the bushes to take his pic so the g/f pulled up the plant he was on and it came out of the ground to fast he flew though the air and landed on her foot, she screamed; I laughed. Maybe she was attacked.

 

Lol, what did she expect it to do ? Take a bite out of her foot ?

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