#hornworm moth

[nirogryphon]

I hate it when dinner starts licking me...

[forsythiahill]

Amazing Tobacco hornworm moth in my Cleome patch. I have one or two check in every night. You may not know you have such insects unless you go out at dusk / dark and look for them. Another good reason not to kill caterpillars. Every moth or butterfly was a caterpillar.

[currentsinbiology]

Watch this caterpillar fling its beetle attacker through the air 

Soft, squishy caterpillars might seem like easy prey to a hungry predator, but one species doesn’t give up without a fight. Fully developed caterpillars of the hornworm moth (Langia zenzeroides) use a mix of squeaks, strikes, and vomit to defend themselves from predators, researchers report this month in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 

[faithbeforefear]

MOTHICUS HAS HATCHED. BE STRONG.