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This little worm was munching on my Penta shrub. I couldn't bring myself to kill it because it was so pretty. The pictures are not great - I took them with my cell - can you see the tail on it?
Pretty worm
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thistlebloom
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Hmmm, yes.... it's an interesting little guy anyway.... But your pentas are huge! I grew some a long time ago and they were just little clumps. Must be that climate you have!
(oh, and I think you mean caterpillar Joan....)
(oh, and I think you mean caterpillar Joan....)
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Ha ha!!!thistlebloom said:Hmmm, yes.... it's an interesting little guy anyway.... But your pentas are huge! I grew some a long time ago and they were just little clumps. Must be that climate you have!
(oh, and I think you mean caterpillar Joan....)
That master gardener class really paid off!!! Yes, I think I mean caterpillar, thistle! 
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We can forgive you this time Joan...after all it was a master gardener course, not a master entomologist course!
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It is pretty. Looks like some kind of Hornworm...which should be called Hornpiller...
Not sure, but I think the tail is the head, and what looks like an eye is an evolutionary feature designed to scare off predators, or maybe to be too pretty to eat or to kill.
Not sure, but I think the tail is the head, and what looks like an eye is an evolutionary feature designed to scare off predators, or maybe to be too pretty to eat or to kill.
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Yes, love these!! I'm not much for IDing insects or bugs or caterpillars OR worms...altho i love to ID everything else, but a few years back i ran in to one of these hornworms and had to look it up.
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thistlebloom said:We can forgive you this time Joan...after all it was a master gardener course, not a master entomologist course!
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Well, we did cover some entomology in the class - maybe I was sleeping.thistlebloom said:We can forgive you this time Joan...after all it was a master gardener course, not a master entomologist course!
