Can anyone identify this? I think it will make a butterfly? HELP.. I am so excited. Thank you in advance for your time.
Jodester
Butterfly caterpillar?
I am computer illiterate. My picture is not showing up?
It's a tomato hornworm, Manduca quinquemaculata, and turns into a sphinx moth.
http://www.vegedge.umn.edu/vegpest/hornworm.htm
They can do a lot of damage to tomatoes and its relatives, but if you a plant to spare, sphinx moth are the giants of the moth world. I've seen a different type of sphinx moth feeding on the nectar from my Brugmansia blooms. Some are about the size of and sound like a hummingbird.
I love the sphinx moths jodester! I am all for bettydee's planting to spare. What plant is it crawling on there?
Debnes
They are nocturnal pollinators... and very much like little hummingbirds.
Do you think that might be what I saw one night about 2 a.m. on my Rose of Sharon? It was at least as big as a hummer. I only saw it through the window and didn't get a closeup look, but couldn't imagine what it was that time of night.
I've got a couple of caterpillars on my Arizona Ash. Maybe Tobacco Hornworm, but I can't find anything saying they use that kind of tree. They are welcome to eat all they want of that tree!