my garden was recently hit by another crawling insects and feast on
the young leaves. i have to removed them to avoid accident with my
grand children. take a look at them.... those hairy soft body could
cause tremendous irritation once it comes into contact with your
skin...and as you scratch the affected area, it will scatter further.

But they sure are tasty fried in a little garlic butter

Joking aside, some of these little critters can be very dangerous in some countries

Bet they look cool when they metamorphose

OFL wrote:

my oscar refuse to eat them..thus, i believe they do not taste good



yeah i know... and i have seen one that the allergic reaction with those
spiny hair almost kill the victim. that is why i picked them out and bring
them to the nearest river bank full of grasses.

The catterpillars we have around here look beautifull but have become incredible pests in some parts of the country.
I teach my kids not to touch them cuz they're real irritantating to the touch!

they call those lil guys Asp's around here because they sting like a viper bite lol. atleast the ones around here do. it only took once for me to learn my lesson about all that shit lol. thought it was a hair catalpa worm... not even close...

these catalpa worms grow every summer in the catalpa trees in my yard. they = free fish bait and i love using them. the catfish absolutly love these things. the things paul has just hurt and the fish wont even bother, they know they are bad too lol.

what u have

Win wrote:

ha ha ha..this is my matching caterpillar for that and my o loves them too

PAUL wrote:


Gypsy Moth caterpillars. They will eat every leaf you have. I used to catch them as a kid, now they give me the heebie jeebies. I'd get an exterminator-they can put a non toxic tape on your trees, and when the caterpillars try to climb, the tape will kill them.

Yuck. Hate those things.