Caterpillar Found On My Pepper Plant

[wendywc]

Tentative ID is a tobacco hornworm. It seems to match the pics I found here.
[URL="http/creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/field/hornworm.htm"]http/creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/field/hornworm.htm[/URL]

I left it there this morning and I don't want to kill it, but we'll just wait and see how badly he eats my plant. I'm willing to let him eat a branch or two though.

 

[dthoffsett]

Great pics! Hope it doesn't eat too much of your plant.

 

[wendywc]

Thanks. I decided to let him live since I'd love to see him change. He is only eating a few leaves a day anyway. He's gone from 3" to 3.5" in 2 days.

 

[Lokis_Daddy]

These guys grow freakin fast and turn into some cool lookin moths. I had a bunch that I bought that I was feeding my geckos and a few of them pupated before being fed off.

 

[wendywc]

Well, he wasn't there this morning, so he must have turned into a pupa. I don't see it though.

 

[Bloo]

They are so beautiful. We used to have loads of those in our garden in South Africa. Here is what it is and will turn into

 

[wendywc]

Thanks all. I'd love to see him change, but alas I just can't find any sign of him since yesterday.

 

[shelaghfishface]

really lovely photos