http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/01/13/deaths-head-hawkmoth-caterpillar-from-south-africa/ Are we experts yet? Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:43:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/01/13/deaths-head-hawkmoth-caterpillar-from-south-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-18002 Death’s Head Hawkmoth | What's That Bug? Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:01:23 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?p=14115#comment-18002 [...] The Caterpillar of this species [which I believe has a wide geographic range] is consumed. In Papua New Guinea. Dave [...] [...] The Caterpillar of this species [which I believe has a wide geographic range] is consumed. In Papua New Guinea. Dave [...]

]]> http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/01/13/deaths-head-hawkmoth-caterpillar-from-south-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-2571 darius Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:38:31 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?p=14115#comment-2571 Hi there, How weird, I live in Glenwood, Durban in South Africa, and I have found also three of these colourful fat sticks on one of my outdoor pot plants. I don’t know how long they were “hanging” there, nonetheless they managed to clean the entire plant of its leaves in two days. Lucky I had a couple of these plants growing in my garden, so I could supply them with extra food. It was drizzling today and I have found them slightly covered with the soil. I don’t know if they are at the end of the cycle or just simply trying to hide from the rain. As I was pushing the stems of the harvested brunches from the other plants into the pot soil I discovered that the soil was compacted and hard. So if tomorrow they are still underground I will move the rascals from the pot to a nice soft spot in the garden. Thanks to Google I found the picture of my caterpillars on your website and after reading your articles about Death’s Head Hawkmoth Caterpillar it helped me to identify the moth responsible for the disappearance of my pot plant and filled my head with some knowledge about these common to the region moth. Thank you. By the way, I really like that yellow horn – does it have any use, and is the number 3 common occurrence -3 caterpillars together? Regards Darius. Hi there,
How weird, I live in Glenwood, Durban in South Africa, and I have found also three of these colourful fat sticks on one of my outdoor pot plants. I don’t know how long they were “hanging” there, nonetheless they managed to clean the entire plant of its leaves in two days. Lucky I had a couple of these plants growing in my garden, so I could supply them with extra food. It was drizzling today and I have found them slightly covered with the soil. I don’t know if they are at the end of the cycle or just simply trying to hide from the rain. As I was pushing the stems of the harvested brunches from the other plants into the pot soil I discovered that the soil was compacted and hard. So if tomorrow they are still underground I will move the rascals from the pot to a nice soft spot in the garden. Thanks to Google I found the picture of my caterpillars on your website and after reading your articles about Death’s Head Hawkmoth Caterpillar it helped me to identify the moth responsible for the disappearance of my pot plant and filled my head with some knowledge about these common to the region moth. Thank you. By the way, I really like that yellow horn – does it have any use, and is the number 3 common occurrence -3 caterpillars together?
Regards
Darius.

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