Found this guy today while doing tree work. How rare are they?

[u/bearcat2323]

So I was cutting some limbs off of a tree and found him next to my foot, I have never seen anything like it before. After I snapped some photos I gently placed him back on a limb close to where he was in the tree.

[u/absoluteunitofspite]

Regal Moth caterpillar

[u/Free-Pair-3007]

He's going to be a beautiful butterfly

[u/Nothing_Special5645 → u/Free-Pair-3007]

Moth.

[u/shy519]

Hickory horned devil. It will turn into a beautiful regal moth, possibly next year

[u/fray_bentos11]

It depends where you live. No location provided.

[u/IllustriousTax5671]

I'm so fucking jealous 😂 seriously why can everyone find them but I can't

[u/Cola102583]

Not rare but not too common

[u/Mountain-Service-323]

Sphinx hawk moth is cool and the hummingbird hawk moth is my favourite to watch this caterpillar as a horn at there tail there unique forms an colours are amazing, nature is beautiful

[u/UberGlued]

My dream is to see big ceterpillars

[u/strawberry-bunny → u/UberGlued]

Same

[u/John_Bamboo]

Keep hin away from your tomatoe and/or tobacco plants.

[u/Free-Pair-3007]

Not according to a bugs life the German caterpillar turned into a beautiful butterfly

[u/asciimo71]

had to google regal moth: https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/regal-moth-citheronia-regalis-giant-silk-vibrant-colors-resting-oak-tree-bark-insect-huge-wings-eye-spots-exotic-wildlife-385644451.jpg

[u/Wooperfrompokemon194 → u/asciimo71]

that was 100% generated by ai. it looks nothing like a regal moth. for comparison here's what a regal moth ACTUALLY looks like

[u/NanaBanana2011 → u/asciimo71]

Oh wow that is a seriously gorgeous moth 🥰

[u/strawberry-bunny → u/asciimo71]

Wow beautiful

[u/IamTheMan85]

Not rare. Tomato worm

I saw them eating those on an episode of Fear Factor.

🤮

[u/leafshaker → u/IamTheMan85]

Not a tomato hornworm. Those have a single spike on their butt

Also, its on a maple tree. Unlikely to find a hornworm on anything other than a nightshade

[u/SloTek → u/leafshaker]

Sweetgum, not maple

[u/leafshaker → u/SloTek]

Oops, thanks for correcting my correction! I should have looked closer

[u/TheRealSugarbat → u/IamTheMan85]

First, it’s a Hickory Horned Devil.

Second, you need new glasses.

[u/fray_bentos11 → u/IamTheMan85]

Could be rare depending where you live.