While hiking I came across this caterpillar that looked like a walking cigar! After some research online I learned that it is a caterpillar for the Pandora Sphinx moth. To see what they look like all grown up check out wikipedia.
Walking Cigar
- October 27th, 2009
- Posted in Insects, Macro, Wildlife
- Tagged Caterpillar, Insects, Panasonic TZ5
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That’s a terrific find, i didn’t even know it was an insect upon first glance. great shot here. =]
really like a walking cigar, very well spotted
Andy, I thought it was a child’s jumbo pencil? very interesting.
i thought you had painted up some doggy doo lolol anything that makes a moth is not ok in my books, terrrrible moth phobia!!!
that is really cool. the white really jumps out.
Creepy little critter. Glad it doesn’t have wings.
OMG, never seen anything like it. Excellent find and capture, really fascinating.
Not only a very different caterpillar but a well designed too.
Nature has so much fun surprising us, Andy, right?!
I’ll say!
that is one chubby bug.. i could easily mistake this also for a cigar..
very nice shot.. 
Excellent find, Andy, and a great capture. It does kinda look like a cigar or doggy doo (as someone said).
looks so peculiar. i liked its color.
Funny…I had the same thought when I first opened the image. What a great find!! Have never seen anything quite like it!!!
It really does look like a cigar. What a funny caterpillar. Nice find.
A fine close up of this colorful creature. He looks like a bus with windows! Nice one.
What a weird insect. Great find!
He probably got home and wrote on his blog “While hiking I came across….”
haha
Odd looking little critter — glad you caught him!
Curioso gusano andando entre las hojas, muy buena toma
Saludos
That looks pretty edible lol
That is possibly the most exotic looking caterpillar I have ever seen. Great find!
Nice shot, i remember “growing” them into butterflies.
Buena foto, la verdas es que se parece a un puro, pero al mismo tiempo es bonita esta oruga, con sus topitos a los lados!! Saludos
what a funny little animal. cool !
Amazing and it looks very interesting
Muy buenas texturas las logradas en este ambiente animal, con el gusano cruzando la escena.
Saludos.