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Monster Hornworm Caterpillar, Tobacco Hornworm

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Uploaded by on Jul 17, 2006

Who is this green guy, eater of leaves and teardrops of ooze? It's the tobacco hornworm, relative of the tomato hornworm.
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  • what that is are liquids from the caterpillar.the caterpillar does that to make a caccoon

  • I think the green goo is a defense mechanism.

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

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  • @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).

  • 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

  • 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.

  • they eat hot peppers too

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

  • its cute but gross at the same time.

  • 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 =/

  • Nice cover of What I got by Sublime.

  • his hands r so cute

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