My husband spotted a White Lined Sphinx Moth caterpillar crawling down our sidewalk yesterday. He held a leafy branch near it and the huge caterpillar crawled on. He knows I’m fascinated with critters like this so he called me to the window to look at this amazing creature. I grabbed my phone to go get some photos and decided to create a quick habitat for this guy - so I can enjoy watching its activity for a few days. Using an old aquarium, I added the original branch and some coco fiber substrate - plus a couple of cherry tomato halves, after researching that they will munch on several fruits & vegetables. The Sphinx was restless all last evening but by nighttime he had burrowed beneath the substrate, like yours is doing. He’s still under the substrate today and I see a little green spot that didn’t manage to get covered.☺️ Waiting to see what happens next ….. Wondering what my 10 pet toads would think if they could just see him! They would think they had died and gone to a buffet in toady frog heaven haha. But their eyes 🐸 will never behold this wondrous creature. He’s safe with me for the time being. Thanks for sharing your own beautiful caterpillar!
My husband spotted a White Lined Sphinx Moth caterpillar crawling down our sidewalk yesterday. He held a leafy branch near it and the huge caterpillar crawled on. He knows I’m fascinated with critters like this so he called me to the window to look at this amazing creature. I grabbed my phone to go get some photos and decided to create a quick habitat for this guy - so I can enjoy watching its activity for a few days. Using an old aquarium, I added the original branch and some coco fiber substrate - plus a couple of cherry tomato halves, after researching that they will munch on several fruits & vegetables. The Sphinx was restless all last evening but by nighttime he had burrowed beneath the substrate, like yours is doing. He’s still under the substrate today and I see a little green spot that didn’t manage to get covered.☺️ Waiting to see what happens next ….. Wondering what my 10 pet toads would think if they could just see him! They would think they had died and gone to a buffet in toady frog heaven haha. But their eyes 🐸 will never behold this wondrous creature. He’s safe with me for the time being. Thanks for sharing your own beautiful caterpillar!