Caterpillar Or Sawfly Larva?

After yesterday's long walk the dogs still seemed to be tired today. :-)

Nothing too strenuous this evening then, so we just did a 45 minute jaunt across the fields behind and towards the next village.

On the way I spotted a part of the hedge that appeared to be covered in candy floss - and upon closer inspection I found hundreds (possibly thousands) of these little creatures.

It was fairly gloomy so I have had to crank up ISO to 400 to get anything approaching hand held speed. Lots of noise to remove with LR and then try to bring back some detail.

Not quite sure what they are - I don't have a decent side on shot to count the legs - which is, apparently, one way to tell them apart!