Oleander Hawk Moth Caterpillar

Daphnus nerii

Description:

The caterpillars feed mainly on oleander (Nerium oleander) leaves, a highly toxic plant to which toxicity they are immune. They also may feed on most plants of the Apocynaceae family, such as Adenium obesum, and Tabernaemontana divaricata and Alstonia scholaris in India.

1 Species ID Suggestions

aldrin 12 years ago

Oleander Hawk Moth

Daphnus nerii Lovely creature….Oleander Hawk Moth…Daphnus nerii « Deponti to the world

18 Comments

Rashmi 7 years ago

Thanks yaar... I spent an hour looking for it on internet. Beautiful. :)
My mom found a lot of these in our garden and she thinks I know the zoological name of every creature on the earth.
Birds are a lot easier to identify ;)

Sumukha Javagal 11 years ago

Thanks yuiki..:-) This is the last stage of the caterpillar before turning into cocoon. The first stage is here- http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/120...

YuikiYuki 11 years ago

Black eyes...so cute ^^

Sumukha Javagal 11 years ago

Thanks Yuriana..:-)

YurianaMartínez 11 years ago

veeery nice

Sumukha Javagal 11 years ago

Thank you Mayra..:-)

Sumukha Javagal 11 years ago

@cecihelper1. Thank you. It is not a worm. It is a thorn like thing when it is small and as it grows it becomes like the one above.

MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Cool picture!

Sumukha Javagal 12 years ago

Thank u Atul..:)

Sumukha Javagal 12 years ago

Thank u Ashok N Pulliyerengi..:)

Atul 12 years ago

Superb spot!

Ashok N Pulliyerengi 12 years ago

fantastic

Sumukha Javagal 12 years ago

Thank you very much Nicholas4,Nopayahnah & Leuba..:)

Sumukha Javagal 12 years ago

Thank you very much for the suggestion Aldrin..:)

Nicholas4 12 years ago

Phenomenal close-up!

Maria dB 12 years ago

Wow!

Leuba Ridgway 12 years ago

Great spotting and photo, by the way !

Leuba Ridgway 12 years ago

Hi SumukhaJavaqal, Have a look at the picture of a similar caterpillar here:
http://www.lepsoc.org/what_is_it_help_ot...

It could be a hawk moth caterpillar