This week, not even leaving the backyard.
It’s surprising what you can see if you keep your eyes open, even if it is before you get to your gate.
This morning I found this bicho (any insect or bug) chewing on the leaves of my goiaba branca (white guava) tree.
A better, but fuzzier view
This caterpillar was at least 4+ inches long, here he is stretched out.
Having lunch
Not an action movie, but there’s a lot of eating going on.
By googling, I believe he is a Hawk Moth of some description. There’s many different types… elephant, oleander, lime, eyed, death’s head, private, popular, etc.
I am going to leave him and follow his/her progress, hopefully with photos.
Eco-Crap 
Posted by Day Off | Life is but a Labyrinth on May 28, 2013 at 12:35 pm
[…] took a small video clip of him today. Compared with the one I posted on Nature Ramble on Sunday, this is an action movie. The swaying motion is due to the slight breeze, I haven’t […]
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Posted by Change the World Wednesday – 29th May | Eco-Crap on May 29, 2013 at 3:47 pm
[…] mean green leaf eating machine from Sunday’s Nature Ramble is doing fine. He wasn’t very active in the clip I posted, so I shot an action movie […]
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Posted by Alex Jones on June 23, 2013 at 5:36 pm
Wow, he is huge.
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Posted by argentumvulgaris on June 23, 2013 at 6:55 pm
>Alex, he was, I’ve never seen anything the size of him before.
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