Friday, September 30, 2005

Stinging Caterpillars!




This morning, on my porch I saw this fucking thing!!

A green stripe tube of goo. Like some kind of living candy that's bad to eat. But.. with a stinger!!!

It's called a hornworm. It's devouring our tomato plants. It's so damn cute!!

The stinger is harmless, it's just for show. You can't see from these pictures, but the hornworm's front legs are black and white striped.

I wanted to take it inside and keep it in a jar. I could stare at it's pretty colors, until it turned brown and died. But no. The hornworm must be free in the tomato plants so it can turn into a lovely hummingbird moth.

posted at 12:51 PM |