Monster Hornworm Caterpillar, Tobacco Hornworm

[sonicXfan]

i had a caterpillar chew on me once...they cant break the skin as far as i know..but if one of thoes fatass bastards bit me hed go flying across the yard

[Crustydraw]

i have removed dozens of these and recently caught one 3+ inches! I wonder if they can bite? I know they will canibalize their own kind. does anybody know if they can be kept in captivity untill they go to cocoon? My kids love watching them.

[PhoenixBorealis]

@Crustydraw You can actually. I just got my own pet tobacco hornworm. His name is Picasso. His feet have sticky crochets (hooks) on them which can shock you when you first pick them up, and may irritate sensitive skin, but they don't necessarily hurt. Also, Picasso did bite me; not hard, but hard enough to make his point. They aren't considered harmful, but they are rough to handle. I would suggest handling them with rubber gloves (because they can get their crochets stuck in woolly gloves).

[WAXTHEFUR]

they eat hot peppers too

[Lotusflowerism]

i have killed dozens of these this year growing on my 60 virginia tobacco plants. extracts of chrysanthemum should kill them.

[AandFBrunetteQT]

its cute but gross at the same time.

[FreestyleJogaBonito]

god had one of these decimate my cayenne pepper plant, it even munched on about 3 of my peppers... it blended in so well that i didnt notice it until it was almost too late =/

[XxSTICH666xX]

Nice cover of What I got by Sublime.

[CombatCat]

his hands r so cute

[ninryokuandpie]

there was something like this in pennsylvania i was 6 at the time so i dont knoww hat species it was it was kinda furrie and was brown with black spots and oozed green fluids when u touched it

[emopicz]

this is my phobeia

[philtirah]

cool

[ElGatoLoco698]

DEATH TO THE HORNWORM AND TERRORISTS!!

hahahah, i'm scared to touch them too.

[bigcrazygunz]

hes about to pupate.

[boorens18]

my bearded dragon loves eating those

[uncwboy]

While I was growing up I had a good time chasing my sisters around the tobacco barn with those worms.

[homeostasis4me]

ME TOO! They also made great catfish bait....they smell like tomatoes...really..LOL...

[uncwboy]

never tried them for bait actually. when i wasn't chasing my sisters with them, i would throw them a at the chickens though. chickens loved eating them! hope i didn't cause any of those chickens to get cancer from eating those tobacco worms!

[homeostasis4me]

At the least you got them addicted to nicotine...way to go....lol...

[uncwboy]

LMAO, i got addicted as well!

[lolinternets1]

did you ever hear What I Got?

[earlysnowdrop]

No...does it sound similar. I will have to listen to What I got...do you have an artist I should search for?

[lolinternets1]

Sublime. It is dead on to the into to the song.

[seshomoru09]

what that is are liquids from the caterpillar.the caterpillar does that to make a caccoon

[earlysnowdrop]

I think the green goo is a defense mechanism.

[lolinternets1]

is the song What I Got by Sublime?

[to0003]

poor caterpillar ... ><

[Alcaidesa]

I live in the UK and found one of these little buggers on my bougainvillea today. How did it get all the way here, I have no US plants????

[Nintendodude1994]

I've been looking for one of these...everyone that raises tomato plants I know...I look on them and come out empty hornwormed.

[Exhume2Consume]

Send em over to me if you dont need em ive got a chameleon that loves em

[Puffaluffagus07]

The green goo is actually the plant matter that they are throwing up to scare off intruders

[keithp]

It's a hornworm, they eat tomato or tobacco leaves. Bad news for smokers....

[CombineWizard]

Good news for the American Cancer Society!

[some1intheworld]

ITS DAEREAH

[Sh0rTm3nTa1b0y89]

...what is that green stuff?

[kleash]

sooo cutteee!

[badbobbyhughes]

i picked up one sorta like that but he had a big spike on the back of his tail, which he jabbed me with & made me bleed

[Jezzygurl7]

Eww a caterpillar with diarrhea

[minicooper88]

o.O

[spankyzie]

thats one big ugly fat green fierce caterpillar! eeww

[adsci]

thats looks like a alien from alien

[crazyryceman]

ya i agree with the defense thing cuz mine never spat out any of that stuff

[joschkiposchki]

ewwwww...it doesen't look very nice...

[earlysnowdrop]

I think the green stuff is a defense mechanism. It came out both ends of the caterpillar.

[crazyryceman]

i caught one of these and i raised it in a fish tank. it turned into a huge month. probably about 4-5 inches from one tip of the wing to the other. i never saw it attack or spit green stuff though

[Thickestllama]

was that blood or was he crapping?

[nudebeme]

LAS PLAGAS stay away from that one i think hes got some disease