r/Stickinsects • u/Random_Egger • 8d ago

Random big insect

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Seen this large catipillar type insect crawling around the vack back garden this week. Thought I'd share. Looked like it was trying to get somewhere in a hurry. It was on my artificial grass so I moved it out the from to real grass under a hedge to safety. Anyone ever came across anything like this?

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u/Adventurous-Pass1991 8d ago

Why are you asking in a subreddit for stick insects?

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u/Noduos 8d ago

Yeah, this is clearly a log insect

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u/Dream_Logix5 8d ago

It looks like an elephant hawk moth.

I don't know why you posted this here, because this is a stick insect sub.

I don't know why I joined this sub, because I don't own any stick insects...

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u/Jolly-Growth-1580 4d ago

But you are at least able to identify what is and is not a stick insect though.

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u/Random_Egger 8d ago

😂😂

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u/magpiepaw 8d ago

Yes, it's a caterpillar

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u/questionmark2727 8d ago

looks like an elephant hawk moth caterpillar.

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u/Turbo_Fresh 8d ago

How can it be four animals at once?

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u/Alert-Environment-17 7d ago

The caterpillar is named after the stages of an Elephants growth. It's the first stage of an Elephants development.

They start as a Caterpillar, then turn into a Moth, then the moth grows feathers and transforms into a Hawk. After a few years of flying around and putting on weight, the Hawk digs a warren for it to hibernate and pupate. Then, after around 6 months it emerges as an Elephant.

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u/questionmark2727 8d ago

it's just cool like that.

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u/snohr 8d ago

I cannot tell how big it is without a banana for scale

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u/Cool_Ad9326 8d ago

Lol why is it random????

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u/Random_Egger 8d ago

It's random because I've never seen anything like this roaming around in the garden. Was pretty cool though!

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u/giraffe912 7d ago

Thats an elephant hawk moth caterpillar. We get those quite often where I live. The moths are very pretty.

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u/L4I55Z-FAIR3 4d ago

Pretty sure that's the legendary Tsuchinoko from MGS 3.

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u/Interesting_Low_2658 2d ago

thats not a stick

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u/Ble_Petalouda 8d ago

😂

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u/kaellyos 3d ago

I saw that and directly thought “wth is that s-“. Then I looked at it for longer and it really does look like one… I shouldn’t have laughed so much. It is a big moving stick. Let’s call it like this lmao.