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29-SEP-2009

big pinkish brown hornworm was a busy-eater

Austin, Texas

When I went out to check the garden I noticed that my Pentas lanceolata was missing an awful lot of leaves. Then I noticed what at first appeared to be raisins scattered all around the patio. Only then did I notice something moving out of the corner of my eye and saw the caterpillar (I moved it to get it into the photo). See also the previous two photos.

I thought it was odd that they would've eaten the Pentas as I don't think Pentas are native to North America. Perhaps the Pentas is closely related to something native that the caterpillars do normally feed on.

Canon PowerShot G3
1/200s f/5.0 at 12.7mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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