Daphnis Caterpillar with Frass

Thank you Ira and Tic. The caterpillars are easily found on their hostplants, that's why I had chances to rear some of them for documentation purposes. Most of the adult moths I've seen are the ones I've reared. I've only seen them in the wild a couple of times and never saw them feeding.

this is so beautiful

beautiful caterpillar, great spotted

Thanks Subin. :)

Thanks Sachindra :)

wow!! awesome spotting!!!!

Thanks Rieko, I love these links also :)

Thanks Tiz. These caterpillars are like feeding machines. :)

Haha! I just read Lauren's reaction! :D

Interesting! They seem to poop a lot though, haha! I smiled when I read about your mothers faschination of those caterpillars as well... Great story!

Very nice series. I enjoyed the notes too.

Yuck, that slimy 3rd picture doesn't inspire me to eat until next week! :) Good to show what the doodles look like. So often only the doodles give away their presence and many people think they are seeds of some kind.

:) coffee beans and pecans... now I'm thinking of a coffee break with a pack of mixed nuts to go :)

Thank you Jared :)

o.o the frass looks like pecans...

Interesting spotting! :)

Thanks Maria :) My Mom so loves the oleander hawk-moth, that she allows the Desert Rose and Madagascar Periwinkle plants to occupy 1/4 of the backyard garden and feed these 'babies' :)

Thank you Andrea! :)

These caterpillars look so adorable to me. And the frass looks a bit like rumpled coffee beans