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This little guy was crawling across a pedestrian bridge. The front had what looked like a shield-shaped cover over it in the same color as the body, and it has a light blue spike on its rear.

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[-] FancyPantsFIRE@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Not an expert but iNaturalist auto recognition suggests Western Eyed Sphinx.

[-] doc@fedia.io 6 points 2 days ago

Looks like you've nailed it. Thanks!

[-] paranoid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

INaturalist has an app called Seek that tells you about plants, animals, and insects based on a picture. Highly recommend

[-] jve@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Oh shit, that’s Carl!

Tap for spoilerSorry idk.

[-] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 3 points 2 days ago

Hi Carl! ☺️

[-] MutantTailThing@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Well you can tell by the way I use my walk I’m a woman’s man, no time to talk.

[-] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 days ago

Can someone smarter than me make this happen? That song, with this video looped?

[-] Valsa@mander.xyz 3 points 2 days ago

Sphinx moth of some kind. Compare to Sphinx chersis.

Yes, this is my Caterpillar

[-] als@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago

Whoever it is, they be throwing it back crazy style

this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2026
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