What Is This? Tropical Caterpillar?

[Kirsty5]

Any ideas?

Just spotted him. Don't want to kill him if he's harmless

He's very much like a caterpillar and has made himself a home out of leaves.

 

[Aqua Tom]

whoaaaaa. aliens

 

[Kirsty5]

LMAO!

Sadly, I now see more...... Looks like they're going to have to go They'll munch their way through my plants if I'm not careful...... If anyone can let me know they're safe, please do!

 

[razer121]

Wow he is awesome XD

 

[Kirsty5]

I thought he was too, but seeing his other 6 or so friends, and watching them expel little green balls of poo , well, I now know those little green balls of poo are my plants!

Still would like to know if anyone knows?

 

[the biffster]

well i can say i have
never seen a water caterpillar
were do you think it came in at
with some plants you got

 

[KittyKat]

I have never seen that before.. maybe you've just discovered a new species?

 

[Kirsty5]

Yup, reckon they came in with some Pogostemon Helferi......... Sad really, don't like killing anything, but that plant looks sorry for itself, and they started on my Cabomba.

Found 9 of the little buggers. Said sorry to all of them, but they are now despatched. I only have a little 35l so it wouldn't have taken them long to decimate the plants.

I have always tried to give hitchikers a chance, but once, when I kept marines, a Eunice worm killed 3 of my fish, one being a gravid Greenbanded Goby, and it had my lovely Emerald crab I learnt the hard way I suppose, but always try to consider the possibilities of leaving them be, but in this instance, well, I don't think it would have been sensible to allow them to stay.

I have never seen that before.. maybe you've just discovered a new species?

Oops, well, if they were, they're no longer......Shuffled off their mortal coil and all that

 

[ian]

i have never seen anything like that...Neale Monks might know what it is. Send him a pm and point him in the direction of this thread.

search for 'nmonks'

 

[Kirsty5]

Thanks ianho.

I wonder if they were some type of caddisfly?

(Either way, they were sadly munching my plants to death).

 

[the biffster]

Thanks ianho.

I wonder if they were some type of caddisfly?

(Either way, they were sadly munching my plants to death).

its funny i was thinking caddis fly
but its not really a caterpillar
the lave of the cadis

 

[alex.wardle]

thats a shame they started on the plants they actually looked quite cool. (for a hitchiker)

 

[Kirsty5]

Yup, its a shame..... Just fished another out

 

[the biffster]

would be nice to know what they are

 

[Carlovel1]

Looks very cool!
But you done the right decision removing them, maybe they will grow up to be a dinosaur or something