Pest identification please

[Jill C-H]

Found this caterpillar type thing in a cushion Sa Farage growing in a pot which had gone very brown and came away in my hand when I touched it.
Can anyone tell me what it is and how to treat it.
Thanks Jill

First post!

[Maggi Young]

Hello Jill -  Long time no see!
No idea what your  critter is , I'm afraid - but someone with  brains will be along soon, I hope!

[Rick R.]

Caterpillars change quite a bit when they are tiny like that.  I think it is probable that any ID (at least from pictures) won't be useful until it has gotten older.  But perhaps someone will recognize it.

As an example:
Venessa virginiensis (American Lady)-They prefer my Antennaria rosea ssp. confinis over any other A. rosea I have.

[Ali Baba]

That looks like a hoverfly larva to me, which is very much a beneficial critter as it will be eating your aphids. If your plants are going brown, perhaps look at the roots: could be vine weevil?