Plump and Juicy...

jeffashman · Jun 29, 2023

A nice, fat Hornworm (Hawk Moth) taken with the Sigma 105mm Macro

f/16 1/160 ISO 6400

mikbone · Jun 30, 2023

jeffashman said:
A nice, fat Hornworm (Hawk Moth) taken with the Sigma 105mm Macro

f/16 1/160 ISO 6400
jun29202311 by Jeff Ashman, on Flickr

Nice shot, colours are very nice. It looks huge, how big is it?

John 2 · Jun 30, 2023

Nice capture but I think I will keep it off the menu.

jeffashman · Jun 30, 2023

mikbone said:
Nice shot, colours are very nice. It looks huge, how big is it?

Thank you! It is about 3.5 inches in length at this point.

John 2 said:
Nice capture but I think I will keep it off the menu.

Thank you! I'm sure some bird will be glad to not have to compete for it...

Ysarex · Jun 30, 2023

very good, but eeew.

jeffashman · Jun 30, 2023

Ysarex said:
very good, but eeew.

Thank you!

CherylL · Jul 1, 2023

Great macro shot! Sure is plump. What are you feeding it?? ;

jeffashman · Jul 1, 2023

CherylL said:
Great macro shot! Sure is plump. What are you feeding it?? ;

Thanks! My Pentas...

slat · Jul 2, 2023

Nice shot. So fat it's skin is tight.

jeffashman · Jul 2, 2023

slat said:
Nice shot. So fat it's skin is tight.

Thanks! Ready for the transformation to a Hawk Moth.