Caterpillar.... Very Large...What is it???

[Roger Bowen]

Hi Folks..

Today, my neighbor called me over to his garden and showed me the
absolutely largest "Caterpillar??"  I (and himself) have ever seen.  I
do not have a picture jsut yet, but I can describe it as being near one
inch in Diameter and about 3-4 inches long and had a green body.  It had
short antennae in rows along the back which were tipped with the most
beautiful blue and towards the front,  these were a brilliant
orange-tipped.  It's "eyes??" were clearly visible and it was clenched
very tightly to the small twig on which it was found.  If anybody has
ever seen/heard of anything liek this before, please let me know - we
are very curious about it.  A few years ago, I found a large brown
caterpillar in our garden - it had a very visible mouth and eyes as well
and measured about 2-3 inches in length - Haven't seen anything like
that since either... Thanks to all.

Roger