it is no fair my place doesnt have monarch or any other types of beautiful butterflies but i only saw one monarch butterfly at my neighbourhood and it is a rare sight for me
I am always trying to find these things but i only found one in my life and it was 3 years ago soo yeah where did you find these like what state and city?
When you find that many and especially of different sizes, it is really best to separate the largest from the smaller ones. It gives the little ones a fair chance to eat, while the bigger ones will be be ready to pupate, in just a martter of 3-4 days. They do even better on cut stems placed in a vase of water, as long as another stem or twig can be set up against it, for a ladder so they can climb down to pupate. They need some moist dirt in another container for that.
I have tomatoe plants,, I have armyworms, every evening I go out at 8 then 10 to pick them off. Then transport them to the front garden so they get a chance...
I have tomatoe plants,, I have armworms, every evening I go out at 8 then 10 to pick them off. Then transport them to the front garden so they get a chance...
hello..I've got 7 catterpillars..and the two of them was like that..when I'm to clean the fish bowl (which they were living right now) I accidentally cutted the horn on its tail..would that affect my catterpillar when it turns to butterfly?
@DarkCrow1303 Startled me! XD They like to flail their upper bodies at fingers and even each other when they feel annoyed by being touched. It's surprising how hard they can hit you with their little bodies! It doesn't hurt of course but it caught me off guard :)
@GabrieLaVedier Actually... you probably wouldn't want these in your garden, as one worm can decimate a tomato plant in one or two days. From when they hatch from this itty-bitty pinhead-sized egg, to when they pupate, they do one thing, and that is EAT.
Couple that with the moths laying eggs on the undersides of practically every leaf they can get to when you're not looking, and your entire tomato garden can get trashed while you're off doing a bit of fishing.
@DeaconBlues0217 yeah they sure can eat, but they only eat for 3-4 weeks then they drop into the soil to become pupa. and the ones in my garden haven't even made a dent and they've been there for 2 weeks now so you're wrong on the whole "one worm can decimate a tomato plant in one or two days"...unless it's a baby tomato plant. they mostly eat leaves and a full grown tomato plant has enough leaves to withstand a few of these babies.
@DeaconBlues0217 seriously, unless you live in a southeastern US state, where this moth is multi-brooded and heavily populated, you will NOT get an egg on every leaf! I live in Texas, west of the Mississippi River. What FEW hornworms I get, the moth oviposits one egg per plant and not on all of them at that. I have 12 plants now, my second crop. I found only 3 [1.5"] cats. I only moved them to wild plants because my new tomato plants are still small. I want dozens of hornworms next year!
it is no fair my place doesnt have monarch or any other types of beautiful butterflies but i only saw one monarch butterfly at my neighbourhood and it is a rare sight for me
sarasafia2 1 week ago
ya, those things will wreck your plants
mrsplitnwigs 2 months ago
Caterpie! :D
gaigegore 2 months ago
I am always trying to find these things but i only found one in my life and it was 3 years ago soo yeah where did you find these like what state and city?
MaxGMmaple 3 months ago
@MaxGMmaple In Florida, we bought tomato plants and there were dozens of them already on them. :)
PenanggalanMonster 3 months ago
@PenanggalanMonster haha I love how the smal ones are a bit scared.
But the biggest dosent give a crap :)
size does matter!
OxygenDiffusion 1 week ago
these guys must be stressed ALL the time
goldeneye0019 3 months ago
Do they sting?
KindaRedneckish 3 months ago
@KindaRedneckish no.
PenanggalanMonster 3 months ago
welcome to the world, baby insects
richardhaw 3 months ago
Gotta catch'em all!
MrGamergg 4 months ago 7
I fed those to my Bearded Dragon as a treat when she was still alive. They stink and stick to ya like Velcro
9whittman9 4 months ago
bastards keep eating my plants!
eagerbeaver53 4 months ago
They are kind of cute
FireBomberBassist 4 months ago 3
they are cute
uching 4 months ago
BURN IT! FUCKING BURN IT!!!!!!!!!
sorry these things r just *shudders*
HinamoriAmu101 5 months ago
I love hornworms!
When you find that many and especially of different sizes, it is really best to separate the largest from the smaller ones. It gives the little ones a fair chance to eat, while the bigger ones will be be ready to pupate, in just a martter of 3-4 days. They do even better on cut stems placed in a vase of water, as long as another stem or twig can be set up against it, for a ladder so they can climb down to pupate. They need some moist dirt in another container for that.
CombineWizard 6 months ago
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CombineWizard 6 months ago
These were the ones I found the most as a little kid in my backyard. :D
catcubus 1 year ago
Great share,,
I have tomatoe plants,, I have armyworms, every evening I go out at 8 then 10 to pick them off. Then transport them to the front garden so they get a chance...
Skyscraperlist 1 year ago
Great share,,
I have tomatoe plants,, I have armworms, every evening I go out at 8 then 10 to pick them off. Then transport them to the front garden so they get a chance...
Skyscraperlist 1 year ago
hello..I've got 7 catterpillars..and the two of them was like that..when I'm to clean the fish bowl (which they were living right now) I accidentally cutted the horn on its tail..would that affect my catterpillar when it turns to butterfly?
roxas2631 1 year ago
wow what do they eat and how do they drink?
Kingmaconha 1 year ago
@Kingmaconha They eat tobacco and tomato plants, as far as I know they get any moisture they need from them :3
PenanggalanMonster 1 year ago 2
what did he do on 31?
DarkCrow1303 1 year ago
@DarkCrow1303 Startled me! XD They like to flail their upper bodies at fingers and even each other when they feel annoyed by being touched. It's surprising how hard they can hit you with their little bodies! It doesn't hurt of course but it caught me off guard :)
PenanggalanMonster 1 year ago
They wouldn't last too long in my dad's garden.
Shyguyx12 1 year ago
D'awww, those are cute caterpillars.
QhaoticZombie 1 year ago 7
WANT!
Seriously, I wish that some interesting larvae had chosen my garden. All I got was aphids. Hundreds and hundreds of goddamn aphids.
GabrieLaVedier 1 year ago
@GabrieLaVedier Actually... you probably wouldn't want these in your garden, as one worm can decimate a tomato plant in one or two days. From when they hatch from this itty-bitty pinhead-sized egg, to when they pupate, they do one thing, and that is EAT.
Couple that with the moths laying eggs on the undersides of practically every leaf they can get to when you're not looking, and your entire tomato garden can get trashed while you're off doing a bit of fishing.
They are pretty though.
DeaconBlues0217 1 year ago
@DeaconBlues0217 yeah they sure can eat, but they only eat for 3-4 weeks then they drop into the soil to become pupa. and the ones in my garden haven't even made a dent and they've been there for 2 weeks now so you're wrong on the whole "one worm can decimate a tomato plant in one or two days"...unless it's a baby tomato plant. they mostly eat leaves and a full grown tomato plant has enough leaves to withstand a few of these babies.
Stutter93 1 year ago 2
@DeaconBlues0217 seriously, unless you live in a southeastern US state, where this moth is multi-brooded and heavily populated, you will NOT get an egg on every leaf! I live in Texas, west of the Mississippi River. What FEW hornworms I get, the moth oviposits one egg per plant and not on all of them at that. I have 12 plants now, my second crop. I found only 3 [1.5"] cats. I only moved them to wild plants because my new tomato plants are still small. I want dozens of hornworms next year!
CombineWizard 6 months ago