I am sorry but I need some words here; What the hell is this? It was about as big as my middle finger and had two yellow eyes. It's body was very hard. I am assuming it is a Sphinx Moth of some kind but I am hoping someone could tell me what was hiding in my outdoor gazebo.
For another picture of this interesting creature, come over here to my other blog
: AFTER MUCH RESEARCH I HAVE INFORMATION ON THIS CREATURE.
It is called a Tiger Swallowtail. Because of it's color I assumed it was a moth caterpillar. It is not, it is in fact a butterfly.
It took forever to find information on this guy. I was searching through archives of moth caterpillars. Doh!
Check out this link for photos of the caterpiller in the various stages and then becoming a butterfly.
Another photo.
Some video
Tiger Swallowtail Caterpillar - Funny home videos are a click away
that would be my guess too i seen one line that be for but it was big and green ok i got it from that movie jodi foster played in with aunthy hopkins maybe thats the kind it is lol
ReplyDeleteOMG, WEIRD!!?!?!?! But COOL :)
ReplyDeleteJenny, I think this starts out green but I can't find anything on it looking like this.
ReplyDeleteBek, Right? Down right creepy
Wish I knew! haha :-)
ReplyDeleteMan bugs are gross. Hope you find out what it is.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea what that is but you definitely would find me running in the other direction!
ReplyDeleteI haven't a clue, but it's very interesting. :-)q
ReplyDeleteIt makes sense that a very large butterfly would come from a very large caterpillar, I guess. The butterfly is beautiful and the caterpillar is really neat!
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