We found an all green caterpillar (color was uniform and a little lighter than grass green), with no hair, bigger than a human thumb, and it was more than 3 inches long. It has built a cocoon and been there for 2 days now.. I'd like to know the scientific name for this caterpillar? Thanks!
2006-07-31 09:08:47 · 7 answers · asked by Shaana 5 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
I wrote scientific name so I would not get unnecessary answers...
Unfortunately, it's not a Actias Luna (I saw some picture, it's beautiful) - the body of the caterpillar was smooth, no rings, no hair. I am wondering if this could be a worm?
2006-07-31 10:15:02 · update #1
Sounds an awful lot like a Tomato Hornworm. Nothing else is that big, and that snooth light green you describe. Turns into a BIG brown-mottled moth.
It will lay eggs on the underside of tomato leaves, and the new hornworms will much through a tomato plant overnight!
2006-07-31 16:26:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe it is an Actias Luna and should turn into a Lunar moth
2006-07-31 09:13:15 · answer #2 · answered by rahkokwee 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
was it on a tomato plant? Sounds like a tomato caterpellar.
2006-07-31 09:12:57 · answer #3 · answered by Dude 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is a tomato horn worm you better get rid of it. Thay destroy your tomatoes
2006-07-31 09:14:39 · answer #4 · answered by theohiolutes25 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's going to be a butterfly soon, so give a cute name.
2006-07-31 09:12:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should name it "wings of my d*ck".
That's what I named my pet goldfish.
2006-07-31 09:13:43 · answer #6 · answered by The-Masterbone 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
george or rodney
2006-07-31 09:11:45 · answer #7 · answered by DeAd DiScO 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋