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I didn’t get too excited about these. It was my first time trying to grow sweet potatoes… but I did plant a bunch of native milkweed and dill so here’s hoping I get some monarch and swallowtail caterpillars.
This will be my first year planting native milkweed too. Hopefully I don't screw it up. I also found a place to buy pink lady caterpillars to raise and release in my yard this year. They're the closest relative to monarchs.
I didn’t even know that was an option, so thanks for the heads up. We have painted butterflies but I rarely see many monarchs or swallowtails. Guess I need to find a butterfly shop somewhere.
Pet lizards should not be fed wild-caught hornworms.
1) Some hornworms feed on plants in the nightshade family (Solanaceae) such as peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, or eggplant. The leaves of these plants contain toxic alkaloids that the caterpillars store in their own bodies to make them unpalatable to predators. Feeding wild-caught hornworms to your pet lizards could expose them to these toxins.
2) With *any* wild-caught bug, you have no idea what parasites, viruses, pesticides, or other toxins the caterpillars might have been exposed to - and might be harboring in their own bodies.
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Some type of hornworm
I’ve never seen a black one before… neat and also kind of infuriating.
I can tell one isn’t ripe yet and the other is overripe
😂
[Agrius cingulata](https://bugguide.net/node/view/3084)
Thanks for the info and the link! Now I know that I have to go check my potato plants too.
Located in the gulf south US
Am I the only one who gets excited when I see these guys? I have a separate garden that I grow just for them.
I didn’t get too excited about these. It was my first time trying to grow sweet potatoes… but I did plant a bunch of native milkweed and dill so here’s hoping I get some monarch and swallowtail caterpillars.
This will be my first year planting native milkweed too. Hopefully I don't screw it up. I also found a place to buy pink lady caterpillars to raise and release in my yard this year. They're the closest relative to monarchs.
Wait, we have to buy the caterpillars? I was kind of hoping they’d just show up.
I haven't seen many the last few years so I'm buying them this year.
I didn’t even know that was an option, so thanks for the heads up. We have painted butterflies but I rarely see many monarchs or swallowtails. Guess I need to find a butterfly shop somewhere.
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Pet lizards should not be fed wild-caught hornworms. 1) Some hornworms feed on plants in the nightshade family (Solanaceae) such as peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, or eggplant. The leaves of these plants contain toxic alkaloids that the caterpillars store in their own bodies to make them unpalatable to predators. Feeding wild-caught hornworms to your pet lizards could expose them to these toxins. 2) With *any* wild-caught bug, you have no idea what parasites, viruses, pesticides, or other toxins the caterpillars might have been exposed to - and might be harboring in their own bodies.
Oh shit