This is the caterpillar of the Eyed Hawkmoth. It likes apple leaves; so much so, that my poor new apple tree has barely half a dozen leaves left thanks to this critter and its siblings.Still, if you're trying to attract wildlife, you can't pick and choose.
Today's garden tasks are to:
- rescue the lavatera, which has lurched dramatically over the path after yesterday's wind;
- aerate the lawn - dull but necessary to reduce compaction;
- deadhead dahlias, rudbeckias and calendulas, so that they keep on flowering through autumn;
- weed, weed, weed - the recent rain has caused everything to grow like crazy.
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