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Ainadaliel
05-Oct-2010, 11:28 PM
I found this in our water spinach patch...can anyone ID it for me? Thanks!http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e105/volcanogirl28/whatis.jpg
Commander
05-Oct-2010, 11:31 PM
Looks very much like one of the Hawkmoth caterpillars to me. Are you trying to breed it to see what comes out? :)
Ainadaliel
06-Oct-2010, 12:33 AM
Haha sort of. We're raising monarchs now and I'm familiar with that bushy caterpillar in the back that's also eating water spinach, but I've never seen this black one before!

So it'll turn into a moth? Let me know so I can squish it now, because I don't like how moths look, honestly. Haha
Painted Jezebel
07-Oct-2010, 07:25 AM
It looks like one of the Hummingbird Hawkmoth caterpillars. Please don't 'squish' it, they are really rather beautiful moths. What species is the cat behind it in the photo?
Ainadaliel
07-Oct-2010, 10:45 PM
It looks like one of the Hummingbird Hawkmoth caterpillars. Please don't 'squish' it, they are really rather beautiful moths. What species is the cat behind it in the photo?

The furry one behind it...I don't know its scientific name but it's black and royal blue when it turns into a butterfly. Really pretty...but ugly as a caterpillar! Haha!
Ainadaliel
15-Oct-2010, 10:58 PM
It looks like one of the Hummingbird Hawkmoth caterpillars. Please don't 'squish' it, they are really rather beautiful moths. What species is the cat behind it in the photo?

This is what the caterpillar behind it (the furry one) looks like as a butterfly.

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e105/volcanogirl28/butterfly.jpg
Banded Yeoman
16-Oct-2010, 10:39 AM
Some eggfly...