#manduca

[onenicebugperday]

A tomato worm with parasitic wasp eggs.

Oh my! RIP to this lil dude but godspeed to all the wasps! Hope they live long and fulfilling lives. Those aren't the eggs, btw, they're the cocoons the wasp larvae spin after emerging from the caterpillar's body to pupate. The caterpillars often survive this but do not successfully pupate later on.

[cryptid-salad]

Yea little dude! That's you !!

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

A big, beautiful ash sphinx (Manduca jasminearum) in the grass by the moth light. From July 2023.

[windkonig]

here are my sons Earl and Girl they're honor roll straight A students valedictorian and such

[addicted2wasps]

This Manduca is not having a good day...

A giant Cotesia (Braconidae) would be any hornworm's nightmare!

[birdblues]

Tobacco Hornworm

[bru111271]

"Voglio che mi scelga quando ha davanti tutte le possibilità. Non voglio che venga da me dopo essersi reso conto che sono il meglio dopo il peggio che ha incontrato. Non voglio essere l'unica che gli resta, ma l'unica che sceglierebbe nonostante tutte le altre"

O. Manduca

[vigiscar]

Pupa 01 - Manduca sexta