A gigantic caterpillar - Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

[amandachung1]

I WANNA BE THE VERY BEST THAT NO ONE EVER WASS

POKEMON! GOTTA CATCH EM ALL!

OMG IT DA REAL POKEM'ON ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ :D

[Mullikaji1]

Never seen this before ,thanks for teh upload .

[garge7676]

i saw one just like it yesterday at my sisters place. when it feels threatened it tucks its head in and thoes two spots on its back make it look like abig head and it moves it back and forth.... pretty cool

by the way i live in newfoundland canada which is pretty far north from you guys in texas.

[garge7676]

@garge7676 touch it then smeel your fingers

[EmilyJBlove]

This is exactly the same kind of caterpillar we found on our front porch in Everett, Washington. It was a grey color but had the yellow "eyes" on its head. We have it in a jar now and it settled itself on a branch and tied itself with two threads to the branch. After two days there, we thought it was dead, but nope, it started to wiggle and it did clean its guts. Now it looks like a 2 inch stick stuck to a branch. Can't wait to see what happens next.

[TsukuyomiUchiha]

i have a pet swallowtail.

when you poke it, it sticks out these long orange things at you and dances xD

[shugo22]

it looks like a big crawling piece of....

you know what i mean...

[VeronicaBlush]

when i die i want to be reincarnated as a million butterflies... yeah, i know it's a pointless dream, but if you ever see a million butterflies at once - that's me!

[oldpat420]

how would we know it isn't someone else who wanted to be reincarnated as a million butterflies?

[jokkiejoker]

i did saw at my house i was preety scared of butterfly until the fly to me and landed on my hand i was shivering last time but i saw it so beautiful and harmless im not scared of i anymore =D

[greenglue93]

gross

[Aumichan]

Looks like he was looking for a place to set up his cocoon. The butterflies are lovely.

[lilCtren]

thats gona be one big fat ass buterfly

[luvemogirl]

i want him :3

[Preachthem]

i love how those catepillars move. they make like this wave thing all over the body and move. so nice

[SayHi2YourMom]

aaaaaaah hes just a cute little guy

[barcafan717]

how big will the butterfly be

MASSIVE

[karlhope19]

haha

[darkdragoonfighter]

haha the catapillla is so fat!!!

[chrisNY121]

it looks like bird shit

[squito94]

I'm wrong about the i.d. I looked it up and the species I thought it was doesn't occur in your county. I looked at the swallowtails that were listed in your county and the one this resembles the most is the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus). Their host plants include wild cherry, sweetbay, basswood, tulip tree, bird, ash, cottonwood, mountain ash, and willow.

[yanman1586]

Hello. Thank you for the update. I'll change the title if you think that it is an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.

[RJW1977]

It looks like it's about to pupate. These swallowtails clean their guts and change from green to brown just before they become a chrysalis.

[gloritath]

@squito94 I am not sure if that caterpillar is the biggest, but still it is awesome!

[squito94]

also what state and county are you located in?

[squito94]

Looks like a Western Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutulus). Their host plants are birch, elms, cottonwood, willow, alder, sycamore and aspen. What trees do you have in your yard?

[yanman1586]

Hello! Thank you for your interest! I filmed this video in my backyard in Texas, specifically Brazoria County (which is directly south of Houston). I have quite a few trees in my yard, and I know for sure one of them is a sycamore. Unfortunately, I do not know the names of the remaining trees. I will try to update my video title and descriptions to include this information. Thanks again!

[imthemannowdog]

Fuck that! Use fire!

[EthVortexShield]

Thats some kind of elephant caterpillar by the coloration. Swallowtail caterpillars look like bird shit. Literally. And if you touch them, they smell like it.

[Lelalii]

cutie :)

[darkdecievers]

HOLY FUCK, if i saw something like that in my back yard i would run away immediately!!!!!

caterpillars are disgusting and horrifying....and yes i am a pussy for being scared of caterpillars lol

[CReaper210]

well dont feel embarrassed, im scared of spiders, even those harmless daddy long legs spiders that cant even bite.

[darkdecievers]

ha thanks man..makes me feel better :P

[MaverickHunter75]

im afraid of bees. but thats a little different.

[jlookingglass]

cool

[hamchilla69]

omg i found one of thoose lil smaller but i am in MA weird things thye are

[SnowyOwls234]

wow pretty cool

[emmaeatsporridgelots]

lol, its OBESE!! i agree with 440735!

[440735]

HE looks kindo fat. How oftin do you feed him

[Tracebangseveryone]

its a swallow tail caterpillar

[ebeccaray59]

wow

[redrumrob]

WOW, that's the same one that we found today in our yard in Round Rock, just north of Austin and I cannot find anything about it.

[yanman1586]

Round Rock huh? This caterpillar must be regional.

By the way, I just recieved a message from a person named slaughterhater on youtube, and he (or she) says that it is a tiger swallowtail. I have not looked up any info on it yet, but that is a start!

Thank you for watching, by the way!

[redrumrob]

COOL! The information was correct. Just Google it and check the image results for it. Cool looking insect!