Caterpillar identification

[Wapwap79]

Hi I have just found the biggest caterpillar I have ever seen ... Any ideas on what it is ??

[rustylady]

Some type of hawkmoth caterpillar. They are huge and very beautiful. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ha...w=1024&bih=677

[Wapwap79]

Thank you ... It's a privet hawk moth caterpillar found an image online

[PyreneesPlot]

How lovely. I used to spend hours standing looking at the privet hedge (when I was a child!) in the hope of seeing one. Never did.