Christine's walking & birds blog

Another picture of yesterday's elephant hawk moth caterpillar, with the soldier beetle crawling down it. The out-of-focus bumblebee was probably a buff- or white-tailed.


After some research, and quite enough viewing of unsettling photos, I've learnt that the wasps I saw hovering around the caterpillar are quite capable of laying their eggs in its flesh; and if they do, this particular individual will never become a beautiful moth, but instead will be eaten alive. Isn't nature wonderful?!