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Large caterpillar with prominent eye-spots and a Morse-code pattern I would appreciate any help in identifying this caterpillar. * Location: Goa, India. Tropical climate * Currently rainy season. Seen in the morning * Length: about 5cm, Diameter: about 1cm ![enter image description here]( ![enter image description here](

This appears to be an oleander hawk-moth caterpillar ( _Daphnis nerii_ ) shortly before pupating. Otherwise the caterpillar would be bright green in colour:

> Newly hatched oleander hawk-moth larvae are three to four millimeters in length, bright yellow, and have a black, elongated "horn" on the rear of the body. … As they get older, the larvae become green to brown with a large blue-and-white eyespot near the head and a yellow "horn" on the rear. […] Just before it pupates, the oleander hawk-moth larva becomes browner in colour.

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