Thanks. BTW, the caterpillar started to wiggle a bit after its photo session, so I released it in a shady spot with lots of leafy foliage.
Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 4:17 PM Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > > https://www.google.co.za/search?sxsrf=ALeKk00VmE57BQESdyX0pm_uGRjCkIVq3A%3A1593375360391&source=hp&ei=gPr4Xq7jFIuelwTf6obQCw&q=sphinx+moth+caterpillar&oq=Sphinx+moth&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQARgBMgIIADICCAAyAggAMgIIADICCAAyAggAMgIIADICCAAyAggAMgIIADoECCMQJzoFCAAQsQM6BQgAEIMBOgQIABAKUKkKWPU-YOFTaABwAHgAgAHDA4gB0BySAQcyLTQuNS4ymAEAoAEBqgEHZ3dzLXdpeg&sclient=psy-ab > > On 28-Jun-20 08:51 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > Thanks, Alan. > > I don't think "the blob" had been partially eaten; I think it began to > > decompose after I removed it and placed it in the sun to photograph it. > It > > appears to have a few suckers or mouths on one end of the underside, > while > > the upper surface is simply a gooey, globular mass. It looks a bit like > a > > slug, or a snail out of its shell. > > > > The caterpillar could well be that of a sphinx moth; we have plenty of > > the adults here in the summer, and I have no idea what their caterpillars > > look like. > > > > Dan Matyola > > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > > <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 2:00 PM Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> That last thing? Yuk. Looks like something partially eaten (so there is > >> probably another lurker). Th caterpillar looks like that of a Hawk Moth. > >> The snake i don't know. > >> > >> Take care. > >> > >> Alan C > >> > >> On 28-Jun-20 06:52 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > >>> Our pool has been remarkably clean and free from vermin this year, > except > >>> for one huge bullfrog that I removed a couple of weeks ago and > relocated > >> to > >>> the local river. > >>> > >>> For some reason, we have had a string of ugly ane unwanted visitors in > >> the > >>> pool the past couple of weeks. This may have been provoked by a long > >> very > >>> hot and dry spell, followed by sudden rainfall. In any event, If > anyone > >>> would care to help me identify these alien invaders, it would be > greatly > >>> appreciated. > >>> > >>> The first is a small, skinny snake, less that one foot long: > >>> http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2020/6/28/snake > >>> > >>> The second appears to be some sort of caterpillar, about and inch and a > >>> half long: > >>> http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2020/6/28/mystery > >>> > >>> The third defies all description, but is less than an inch long: > >>> http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2020/6/28/blob > >>> > >>> All were taken with my K-5 IIs, with the smc FA 100 mm Macro F2.8, hand > >>> held. > >>> Identifications as well as comments and criticisms are invited. > >>> > >>> > >>> Dan Matyola > >>> *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > >>> <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > >> follow the directions. > >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
