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reaper71 middlesbrough, United Kingdom Aug 19, 2014

Hi does anyone have any idea what this funny looking creature is, found it on old tree stump in garden.
never seen anything like this before.
I am curious to know what it is.
Many Thanks

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Aug 19, 2014

reaper71,

This forum is for questions relating to adding data to the BugFiles database.

We have a forum on Insect and Spider Identification here: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/f/bugid/all/
and if you post your question there, you may get some help,

If you have an image, you could attach it to the message you post for a better chance of getting an identification

Having said all that, I am able to tell you what your strange creature is. It is the caterpillar of the Elephant Hawk-moth - Deilephila elpenor:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deilephila_elpenor

We have a page for this moth in BugFiles here: http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/4816/
and we would be pleased if you would add a couple of your images to that page.

Kennedy
BugFiles Administrator

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