awesome Beasty on top pool

#1 (**permalink**) 18-08-2006, 06:33 PM

Found this awsome beasty on top pool

.....nearly 6 inches long!

and as thick as your finger

Its an elephant hawk moth caterpillar ..............Deilephila elpenor

Stig · #2 (**permalink**) 18-08-2006, 06:45 PM

Did you check its membership card i hear its set up with a bivvy and a couple of rods

blankmaster · #3 (**permalink**) 19-08-2006, 10:31 AM

nice picture matey

whats the camera ???

blankmaster

Cliff · #4 (**permalink**) 19-08-2006, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by blankmaster

nice picture matey

whats the camera ???

blankmaster

just going to ask the same question! Good pics

TheDoctor46 · #5 (**permalink**) 19-08-2006, 10:35 AM

Excellent Pic mate, we used to find loads of these when i fished the canal as a kid some were a brown colour with a big thorn on there back.

#6 (**permalink**) 19-08-2006, 11:19 AM

camera used was a 1.3million pixel sony cybershot! with a macro setting

Cliff · #7 (**permalink**) 19-08-2006, 11:20 AM

dont mean to sound stuped but what is macro setting???

#8 (**permalink**) 19-08-2006, 11:23 AM

on some digicams (not so many nowadys) there is a picture of a flower as a setting.........this is a macro close up filter.........once activated it allows the camera to focus on things from inches away

Cliff · #9 (**permalink**) 19-08-2006, 11:25 AM

cheers phil!

plebhead · #10 (**permalink**) 19-08-2006, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Phil highlander

camera used was a 1.3million pixel sony cybershot! with a macro setting

lol, yeah

stunning pictures them mate

kopite · #11 (**permalink**) 20-08-2006, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Phil highlander

on some digicams (not so many nowadys) there is a picture of a flower as a setting.........this is a macro close up filter.........once activated it allows the camera to focus on things from inches away

mines got one of them, never knew what it was!!!