giant caterpillar i found in my back yard

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ive nver seen a caterpillar as big as this thing!
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What is that red thing on his butt, um... head? That is pretty cool. $50.00 if you eat it!!!
 

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horned catapillar. pretty cool but very common. man u people need to get outdoors more often keep posting pictures of insect and arachnids like uve never seen them before!
 

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It's a tobacco horn worm.. kill it. It'll eat all your plants.

Wasps will lay eggs on it's back, and when the eggs hatch, the babies will kill and eat the worm, so it'll die anyways.

They are harmless, but they are a nuisance.
 

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If it's not instant death poisonous, it probably tastes gross. :xpl:

I'd hold out for more than $50 to eat it if I were you.

-RP​
 

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Cool little guy. Keep it in a jar and wait for it to coccoon, then release it when it's a butterfly. I'm sure his fatass won't survive another day in the wild.
 

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