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PanamonCreel Celaya, Mexico(Zone 10a) Aug 04, 2003

It tried the branch routine but I didn't fall for it.

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mark Antrim, Northern Ire, United Kingdom(Zone 8b) Aug 04, 2003

must be a caterpillar judging from the poo. slugs can cause a lot of damage too

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Moda127 Morristown, NJ(Zone 6a) Aug 05, 2003

Do slugs poo too? lol! my bad!
For real it does look like caterpiller damage

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PanamonCreel Celaya, Mexico(Zone 10a) Aug 05, 2003

Yep it's a cat
Actually the perpetrator is in the picture, can you see him :)?

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mark Antrim, Northern Ire, United Kingdom(Zone 8b) Aug 05, 2003

It crossed my mind if that was he but I think it was a root

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PanamonCreel Celaya, Mexico(Zone 10a) Aug 05, 2003

Here another pic with a slight location change of the culprit.
What a disguise :)

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mark Antrim, Northern Ire, United Kingdom(Zone 8b) Aug 05, 2003

yep sure is one of those moth capterpillars that hides during the day by pretending to be a twig.

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crimsontsavo Crossville, TN(Zone 7a) Aug 07, 2003

It's an Inch Worm.:D...........arent they so sweet when they eat your beloved plants?:P..............SQUISH HIM!!!!!!!

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