Owl Moths, Hawk Moths.. giants

[RJSquirrel]

I thought I had a bat in my greenhouse the other night and but it was a huge scary moth. I finally caught him/her without bringing harm to and released the bat zized insect into the night.
Did some research on what this is doing in my greenhouse at night. It soon became clear some of the odd occurrences are now making sense. They are using my greenhouse as a nursery for more moths. An Owl moth /hawk moth. Small bird sized you get the idea.
I had been finding these small snail like things that are in fact moth eggs. I had been finding an odd caterpiller here and there buried down between some leaves on a few orchids. They do ruin a new shoot pretty fast. They been eating my dendrobium leaves particularly.

Thank goodness I have yet to find any monster sized caterpillar devasting my plants but In my hopes the frogs and lizards are controlling the caterpillars at this point. I know they eat the small moths. I find the wings everywhere

I just know the moths are there now and to look more carefully for the eggs and caterpillz offsprings ..

eggs


adult


what you would hate to see in your greenhouse.