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Caterpillar eating Rhubarb Leaves

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Bill49 starts with ...
Could anyone tell me what this caterpillar will turn into? He is happily munching on rhubarb leaves! Thanks
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sternus1 says...
that will become a vine hawkmoth.

Hippotion celerio.
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Bill49 says...
Thanks Sternus.. the caterpillar finished eating and has turned into a chrysalis.
Hopefully we'll get to see the moth! Do you know if it is a 'good' moth or a pest?
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Julie 1 says...
Anything that ate my rhubarb leaves would be classified as a pest in my opinion :).
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