Big Green Monster
Greetings, insect lovers! Check out this humongous hornworm I found today at work! First I had noticed just a little bit of a damaged tomato leaf, and thought nothing of it. Then, in the same bed, I spotted this colossal caterpillar! It was resting after having munched on some pepper leaves. It was bigger than my finger (much bigger)!
I didn't know these ate pepper leaves. I usually find them on tomato plants. They can cause a lot of damage. Though since they're both Nightshades it sort of makes sense.
Reptile owners may also feed these to their pets, but the ones from the store are considerably smaller (only about an inch). However, if you have an infested tomato plant, do NOT feed the caterpillars to your lizard friend. Tomato plants are actually poisonous and the toxins build up in the caterpillar's body. You don't want your reptiles eating this. Tomato leaves can be deadly if eaten by animals such as cats. Imagine what would happen to the poor animal that eats a concentrated amount from a caterpillar.
That's all for today.
I hope you liked the picture and I hope you learned a thing or two.
Thanks for reading!
Ouch watch out for the tomatoes.
Yes, but it's so big that I think the damage has been done. It will probably pupate soon.
Well keep it for a metamorphosis photo study. I feed these guys to my pet tarantulas, after eating one they don't usually eat anything for 6 months lol.
Oh wow!
Here's my Chilean Rosehair
I was lowkey curious as to what it looked like. It's sick!!
It's the same kind used in the movie Home Alone, very docile. My cobalt blue one on the other hand is vicious and can't be handled.
I've heard stories about those. They flick their hairs at you too, don't they?
The long haired tarantulas flick hairs but don't usually bite. The cobalt blue is a short haired spider that only has the option to bite and they also have an aggressive personality, they think everything is food so they attack any movement.