A VISITOR IN THE GARDEN: DEATH'S-HEAD HAWK-MOTH CATERPILLAR.
My visit to the garden to take some scent leaf (also known as African Basil) coincided with the visit of a beautiful, large yellow caterpillar. It's colourful with some bluish or greenish stripes, and it has a tail horn.
Clinging to a branch of the scent leaf tree, I was shocked to see it had a full feast before I arrived, leaving a few leaves for me to cook with. You can see how dry the tree is.
I thought all these garden visitors eat a little of the plants and leave. But this beautiful yellow caterpillar ate to its satisfaction.
After admiring the large yellow caterpillar in wonder, I was curious to know its name, and using Google Lens, I found out that this beautiful, colourful caterpillar is the larva of the Death's-head Hawk-moth, whose scientific name is Acherontia atropos.
I browsed further to learn what the adult moth looks like, and I discovered that the head truly bears the mark of a human skull. Wow! Just wow!
I finally left the garden without taking any scent leaves.
So, have you seen this caterpillar before? It's beautiful. Isn't it?
Cheers. 🥂
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 | Winanda (Ikwuoma Winifred Diala) holds a Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering. She embraced her passion and became a baker, recipe developer, creative writer, and food content creator. Composing songs, listening to music, and seeing movies are a few of her hobbies. |
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The garden is a cool place to stumble on these amazing creatures. I've had numerous encounters with them at the garden.
The caetepillar looks beautiful, but even at that, it's destructive.
!BBH
Some of these creatures look dangerous, and one can't tell what will happen when they are touched.
Yeah, the caterpillar is destructive. It ate all the scent leaf, leaving it to grow from the start.
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