White lined sphinx moth I think. It's native to my area as well as OP apparently. they are a hornworm caterpillar that looks just like a tomato hornworm. I get the caterpillars a bunch any time I grown tomatoes of any variety.

[–] h0ll0w5p4c3@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Oh thank you. I have trouble identifying some.

[–] microfiche@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I only know what it is because there's a botanical garden nearby and they do gardening stuff there from time to time and the caterpillar form of this moth, the tomato hornworm, the moth form of the tomato, the five spotted hawk moth, and the tobacco hornworm and its moth variety but I forget what the moth is called. All three of the caterpillars are prevalent here and I have found them all in my garden at one time or another.

I'm very much a rookie when it comes to identifying stuff. My k owledge base is pretty small relatively.

[–] h0ll0w5p4c3@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago

I haven't been to a botanical garden for a long time. Must be nice to have one so close. It also sounds like you have a lot of little vistors to your garden too.

I happened to find out about the lobster moth today, it's a cute moth. The caterpillars are fairly unusual looking which caught my eye at first.

[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

isit? i thought humming birds only lived in north America

[–] h0ll0w5p4c3@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ah sorry I was reading something on moths earlier and misread the title thinking hummingbird moth.

[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago

nw convergent evolution, it's take a trained ornithologist (without access to tinternet) to identify the difference