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[onenicebugperday]

Thoughts on hornworms? They're pretty funky dudes, but I mostly know them as a hydrating snack for my chameleon Yoshi

I love them! But I have a deep love for all sphinx moths. I think most feeders are Manduca sexta? Which is the tobacco hornworm/Carolina sphinx. There’s also the tomato hornworm/five-spotted hawkmoth, Manduca quinquemaculata, I don’t know if those are used as feeders? Either way let’s admire an adult tobacco hornworm:

Beautiful! Photo by garybnunn

And the caterpillar for anyone who doesn’t know what we’re on about:

Photo by pawelp

That one’s bright green but they’re often sort of a dull blue-green. Anyway yes I love them! And Yoshi, too.

[onenicebugperday]

Behold: the Painted Lady Butterfly caterpillars that I raised and tiny, tiny baby mantis that I met at work.

Oh a tiny baby!! I love that lil dude. And please say hello to Leonard and Milo for me unless they have since perished in which case I will blow them a kiss for them to receive in the butterfly afterlife. Thanks for sharing! As always, submissions don’t count towards the one (1) nice bug per day.