Tersa Sphinx Moth Caterpillars
I found 8 Tersa Sphinx moth caterpillars on my 6 penta plants today!
As you can see they can be green or brown!
There are 2 brown and 1 green one in this photo!
I was quite surprised to find all of these caterpillars on my pink and purple pentas today.
They are very good at hiding themselves on the stems under leaves and flowers.
I just thought one of my purple pentas looked sad because I had watered it too much.
I looked closer at my plants tonight and finally saw all of these caterpillars!
I will let them eat on 3 of my pentas, the other ones I want to save to have flowers for when monarchs start migrating through our part of Texas in the next 2 weeks.
You can see how large these caterpillars are by comparing them to the size of my fingers in this photo!
Have you ever seen these before?
Have a Blessed Day!
October 3, 2019
All original photos taken by me
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What cool shots of them allI am glad you included the shot with your fingers they are a lot bigger than I thought they were
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Thank you @tattoodjay, I hope you have had a great weekend also!
Yes very relaxing and quiet just what I needed LOL
My tarantulas would love those guys, but i bet they eat those flowers to turn themselves poisonous somehow.
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Haha, well I’m sure your tarantulas would enjoy them! The caterpillars only eat the leaves. I read that rats and birds will eat them.
Really cool. I have never seen them before. I loo forward for updated picture of the cycle!
I’ll try!
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Wow, those are some large pillars. Will be interesting to see them come out of the chrysalis. Love to see some pictures if you can get them:):):)
I’ll try, but they may not emerge until next spring!
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Dang either you have tiny hands or those things are big! Nice nails too, by the way. lol.
Haha, yes @janton I love my sparkly nails also! Yes, these caterpillars are about 2.5 inches long!
Those caterpillars look great and your nails are very photogenic also! lol.
They are so big! How cool is that!
Yes @melinda010100, they are impressive!
I have never seen such a thing! Thanks for sharing these guys.