My Sphinx Hawk #moth #pupae, (tobacco #hornworms)
Been a huge work in progress for the past month and a 1/2 getting these fatties to decide to pupate and hopefully emerge before the #garden season is done.
Third picture is from last month. Keeping them warm and lightly misted.
(Not an invasive)
And when they fall they will continue on with honor and love
#hornworms #lovebugs #odd #smallbusiness
... incase a fellow herper hasn't seen what a hornworm 🐛 has the potential to become 🦋 (if it isn't eaten). Usually Chili eats them all, this one got away, burrowed in the enclosure's substrate and .... Pop! Gorgeous.
#hornworms #larvae #moth #tomatomoth #tobaccomoth #bugs #insects #nature
Short form content! This buddy, named Jackson in honor of the kind neighbor gardener who first introduced my sister & me to his tomato #hornworms, was born in spring 2022, for a weekly challenge with the theme "cozy." He is beloved; something about cuteness, #gardening, #knitting, and #bugs.
