Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Whozit?, 1 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
Those look like Tersa Sphinx. They may not be dead but getting ready to pupate. I usually put in shredded paper towels in my cat cages for the moths to pupate in. They will silk themselves up into it and stay cleaner.

Tersas are notorious for using pentas as a larval host.

Here's a photo of the Tersa Sphinx cats for comparison.

~ Cat

Tersa Sphinx caterpillars - brown and green variations

This message was edited Sep 3, 2007 10:06 PM