This caterpillar was sauntering across our deck one fine September day last year.
Quite interesting with the gold spots adorning its neck. And that spike at the tail. And a lovely green color. A real looker.
I'm not sure what it was searching for on the deck. These caterpillars dig into leaf litter to find a secure place to form their cocoons and spend the winter. And there was very little leaf litter on the deck.
But it made for easy photography. Which was rather important for me at that time.
And in springtime it emerges as a 'hummingbird moth' with, as you might have guessed, clear wings.
This particular individual visited our gardens in July 2017. These moths fly during the day acting like hummingbirds. Hovering about and nectaring on flowers. Fun to watch as they make their rounds about the garden feeding (and rather difficult to photograph, not sitting still for any appreciable length of time).
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It was Max that alerted me to the presence of the caterpillar. Max was on his leash on the deck, and I noticed he was very interested and at the same time wary of something there.
I helped the caterpillar to some leaf litter in the garden.
No cats, caterpillars, nor humans were harmed in the creation of this blog post.
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