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I saw a row of these caterpillars yesterday (30 December 2006) in the Gers in SW France. Can anyone tell me what sort of caterpillars they are and whether they are usually active at this time of year?Anne

well me and my friend went into her backyard and found what looked to be a catipillers nest we poked it and her sister opened it up now i have two catipillar's in two differnt shoe boxes and we are studying them.These look like the one's we have.they are very soft and mushy.is it ok to touch them?i mihgt be wrong with this catipillar so keep posted :)