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I did some searching, and apparently he's a Five-spotted Hawkmoth, aka my garden nemesis, the tomato hornworm! Never knew those hornworms grew into these adorable giant moths.

[Image description: Large moth sitting on back of hand, covering about 1/3. Moth is fuzzy, with grey striping and prominent yellow spots running down its back.]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Eeeeeeeeeee I love it!!!! I want to hug every little moth so much

They're totally assholes as caterpillars but they grow up so handsomely :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Am I the only one here who really, really doesn’t like moths? A moth that size would send me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I normally don't, but this guy seems alright.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

They're super cool. We relocate a good number of them to the volunteer tomatoes in other garden areas when we remove them from our intentional ones.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I saw the first picture and though it was so cute, but then I saw the moth's size... I would be so intimidated... 😅

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I just squealed BABY! and startled my husband.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I don't know why but this post really bugs me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Your Hand must be tiny D:

Cool pics, thanks for sharing!