Sphinx Moth - catepiilar eaten by a yellow billed babbler
This is a note about an observation related to the same moth found some time back on a night jasmin tree.Though I still dont know its exact name, it belong to the Genus Psilogramma.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66011056
What made me write this is because , I saw it was eaten by a yellow billed babbler today.
So this should be the same reason why i was not able to find it last time after couple of days.
The yellow billed babbler seemed very busy on the branches of the tree ... may be to find some more for its snack. This catepillar was quite big and it was difficult for this bird to swallow it at once. First it kept banging it on a wall before eating and did the same thing again and again while holding it between the beak. I couldn't take a photograph of the incident as the babblers get easily distracted even by a very little noise around. Besides, its their normal life !
