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Found this in my garden this morning OK its a caterpillar but whats the white stuff under it....
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it has been a very busy caterpillar, that is all i can say!!!
I think some caterpillars cover themselves in that to make them look like bird poo, so they don't get eaten by birds.
That one clearly got carried away.
It's a tubeless caterpillar the badger has been using it.
If the caterpillar has produced that then it is probably a mucus excretion to ward off predators. Also possibly helps keep the beasty moist, though probably not needed this time of year. Could be a pre-pupa stage excretion.
High5 Drac 🙂
😆 @ Drac
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It's a tubeless caterpillar the badger has been using it.
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+1 lol for drac
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Nothing I can add to Drac's brilliant post, but I'd send a sample to trace just in case.