May 12, 2024
@philoursmars submitted: I found this beautiful green caterpillar few weeks ago near Marseille. What butterfly will she be ?
(She was on an euphorbia if it may help…)
Beautiful markings! This is a type of noctuid moth called a sword-grass, Xylena exsoleta.
Adults look spectacularly like a little bit of wood:
Photos by per-hoffmann-olsen