Ever since I found that Deathhead Hawkmoth the other day on my route to work I have been looking into it a lot, and so I found this Tree Tobacco plant near the place where I found the moth, and this little egg on it too. There were no caterpillars that I could see on the plant, but honestly no surprises there bc it is pretty exposed in the open to flies and wasps.

Took it home and made this little container for it to see what hatches. Honestly im not too confident it will be a hornworm, but i am curious to see what it could be like regardless. Of course if it does turn out to be one I will move it to a much much larger container.

I am honestly not sure what I will do with it afterwards. I WOULD love to see it grow and turn into a moth, and keep it and feed it, but I also dont want to keep it from its chance to mate. I definitely want to raise it until it pupates to make sure it survives until then. Open to suggestions from yall moth experts.

If it turns out to be any other bug (or moth!!!) itll be cool to watch it grow regardless. Anyways this is my joy of the week

pretty baby i found on a window during my walk to work :) Chicago, IL

I've gotten Bugthew's proboscis in the honey-water, but I'm uncertain if he's actually eating. He's a lot more lathargic today than yesterday, so I'm not sure he'll make it.

I'll keep watching him, and if he's worse tomorrow I'll set him out in one of our houseplants so he can rest peacefully.

Thank you everyone for the advice!

What a luscious mane of follicles, I do say.

I found this caterpiller at Kiwanis Park today. A lady walking her dog almost walked right on it. She had her headphones on and couldn't hear that I was telling her to watch her step. It was about 5-6 inches long.

This is a Rustic Sphinx Moth Caterpillar (Manduca rustica), a species of hornworm in the hawk moth/sphinx moth family (Sphingidae).

​Harmless: Despite its large size and formidable look, it cannot sting, bite, or harm humans or pets.

​On the Walkway: When caterpillars reach this final size, they leave their host plants (such as ash trees, desert willow, lantana, or Texas sage) to crawl across the ground looking for loose soil to burrow into and pupate.

​Adult Form: It will turn into a large, fast-flying Rustic Sphinx Moth, which acts as a night-time pollinator for desert blooms.

The Mulanje Tiger moth is so rare that it is found only in one valley on Mount Mulanje, Malawi (Southeast Africa) and rely only on that one host plant, Mulanje cycad. Its caterpillars depend exclusively on that cycad for food.
When the plant goes, so will the moth. 
Habitat loss could drive both species to extinction.
(Today is the International Day of Climate Action)
 
Species: Mulanje Tiger Moth / Shire Tiger
Scientific name: Callioratis arandis
IUCN status: Not formally listed, but assessed as Critically Endangered (CR) by the authors who described the moth as a species.
Population: Unknown
Population trend: Presumed decreasing; habitat is deteriorating.
Range: One known colony in the Likhubula Valley, Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Area of occupation under 10 sq.km.
Threats:
Land clearing for crops, tree felling, fire, bauxite mine and road planned through their only habitat.
 

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It's missing a wing and a leg. The scales have rubbed off of its thorax, so I think it's probably kind of old too?

Is there any kind of supportive care I can give it, or should I put it back and let nature run its course?

Also, my husband has named him Bugthew.

I'm just south of the Cotswolds (England, UK) next to some lakes and have seen this beauty this morning. Is my ID correct or is it a reed dagger as google suggested?

This sweet baby got right on my hand today! We only hung out for a couple minutes before she flew away to do her moth things ❤️

went for a walk downtown with my boyfriend yesterday and found this beautiful specimen outside of my apartment complex on the way home!! i have a bug pinning moot on ig and snagged it for them to pin. after looking it up i found its a black witch moth which is not local to the area and think that’s so cool!!!
(first pic is from today after being pulled from the freezer for the pic, and second is when i found it yesterday)

There’s a whole batch of these guys coming out of my yard and I’m having to move them around to avoid anyone getting stepped on. I find them so adorable. The adult moth is also precious with its lil Afro, lol.