When facing a potential threat, the hawk moth caterpillar takes the form of a pit viper.
If it was a snake, it would have bitten them. But luckily, it was only a caterpillar.
After spending a day filming sharks, humpback whales, dolphins, manta rays, and "charismatic megafauna" in Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula for the show's upcoming second season, DeAndrade ventured out into the surrounding rainforest on a moonlight tour led by biologist Tracie "the Bug Lady" Stice. After an hour of watching Brazilian wandering spiders, coatis, and snakes, Stice and another guide dropped off the other guests. Then, they took DeAndrade and his filming partner McKenzie Barney to see a hawk moth.
Specifically, they were on the hunt for a green morph of a hawk moth caterpillar
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