Hedgerow Life 
don’t let go very easily; and _ their 
green colour is so like the colour of the 
leaves that it takes a very practised eye 
to find them by only looking for them. 
I can remember now, when I was quite 
a small boy, many years ago, being told 
to do this if I wanted to find a privet- 
hawk caterpillar. As I did want one, 
I went out to the nearest willow (which 
was in our garden, so | didn’t have very 
far to go), turned my mother’s best 
umbrella upside-down, and shook as 
hard as ever J could. Much toe amy 
delight, down came with a great flop 
a lovely green caterpillar, with purple 
stripes on its sides, and a horn. Sure 
enough, it was a privet-hawk. In due 
time it turned into a brown chrysalis 
with a beak, and the following year into 
a beautiful large moth. Another extra- 
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