I found this little guy (8 cm long) enjoying the leaves and shoots of my potted Desert Rose (Apocynaceae Adenium obesum). Seeing that it had a voracious appetite I had to quickly relocate the caterpillar to another spot in the garden where it would not do so much harm to my beautiful shrubs!
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Daphnis
Species : D. nerii
Binomial Name : Daphnis nerii
