When I was watering I seen this thing start wiggling. Freaky looking. Noticed another one on another plant
by ElementalClout
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Valuable-Career8515
A dead Hornworm with wasp larvae emerging from its body, if I had to guess lol
SpongeBW
Bird food!
hi_fiv
This is one not long for this world. Let it be and enjoy the future pest protection.
gayety
a horrifying monster
cycle_addict_
Tomato or tobacco horn worm.
That being said, that one is full of parasitic wasp babies. They are eating that caterpillar from the inside out.
It’s actually better to let that worm be eaten by the wasps and spread them to help kill other worms.
Nature is metal.
Acceptableish-Trade
One bad day or life for that hornworm. Good day for parasitic wasps
gomegazeke
RETRIBUTION
ohwhatsupmang
The enemy
WoolooOfWallStreet
A tobacco hornworm with the insect equivalent of chestbursters
Resident_Rise5915
Really bad pest but thankfully you have parasitic wasps to help you out but the thing still did quite a bit of damage to get that big.
And more likely then not there are more of them you’re not aware of yet
Polaristhehusky
That is a horrible way to die
OccasionllyAsleep
So like we’re swapping these annoying plants eaters for wasps…. Which means more wasps by my garden/house lol nature do be offering lose lose situations sometimes
legacyironbladeworks
I found a large cecropia caterpillar while doing field work, it was covered with eggs similar to this, I sat with a pair of tweezers and picked them all off and the piller chrysilated a day or two later and I kept it in a small terrarium. Emerged a while later and woke me up as it rustled around trying to find a perch, it was a female, I set it free the following night. Nice memory. Nature is metal, but I’m glad I helped.
mtbmattlab
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Xtoxy
🫣🫣🫣😶🫥
auctionalt
Parasitic wasp
Winter-Ward
Hornworm
ThirtyTwoAlpha
Idk man but my trypophobia just kicked into overdrive. Especially after reading the other comments and not being able to resist the urge to zoom in for a closer look. 🤢
-_Redacted-__
The reason Charles Darwin began questioning if there is a god.
gogozrx
UV light will make them stand out
Cwolf88
Hornworm with parasitic wasp larva. You will have more protection from those PITA worms soon.
charleyhstl
That’s Mother Nature doing you a soild
Jonmcmo83
Love eating these things… just add a slight char… 👨🍳
Dangerous_Boot_3870
Do not kill that. Those larva are from a wasp that has killed the hornworm and the larva are eating their way out to go and kill more tomato hornworms.
This is the only time you do not kill tomato hornworms on contact. Those bastards killed so many of my peppers this year that we are at war.
Fit-Oven-8049
“Nature is that thing that wants to kill you and eat you. Not necessarily in that order.”
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A dead Hornworm with wasp larvae emerging from its body, if I had to guess lol
Bird food!
This is one not long for this world. Let it be and enjoy the future pest protection.
a horrifying monster
Tomato or tobacco horn worm.
That being said, that one is full of parasitic wasp babies. They are eating that caterpillar from the inside out.
It’s actually better to let that worm be eaten by the wasps and spread them to help kill other worms.
Nature is metal.
One bad day or life for that hornworm. Good day for parasitic wasps
RETRIBUTION
The enemy
A tobacco hornworm with the insect equivalent of chestbursters
Really bad pest but thankfully you have parasitic wasps to help you out but the thing still did quite a bit of damage to get that big.
And more likely then not there are more of them you’re not aware of yet
That is a horrible way to die
So like we’re swapping these annoying plants eaters for wasps…. Which means more wasps by my garden/house lol nature do be offering lose lose situations sometimes
I found a large cecropia caterpillar while doing field work, it was covered with eggs similar to this, I sat with a pair of tweezers and picked them all off and the piller chrysilated a day or two later and I kept it in a small terrarium. Emerged a while later and woke me up as it rustled around trying to find a perch, it was a female, I set it free the following night. Nice memory. Nature is metal, but I’m glad I helped.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
🫣🫣🫣😶🫥
Parasitic wasp
Hornworm
Idk man but my trypophobia just kicked into overdrive. Especially after reading the other comments and not being able to resist the urge to zoom in for a closer look. 🤢
The reason Charles Darwin began questioning if there is a god.
UV light will make them stand out
Hornworm with parasitic wasp larva. You will have more protection from those PITA worms soon.
That’s Mother Nature doing you a soild
Love eating these things… just add a slight char… 👨🍳
Do not kill that. Those larva are from a wasp that has killed the hornworm and the larva are eating their way out to go and kill more tomato hornworms.
This is the only time you do not kill tomato hornworms on contact. Those bastards killed so many of my peppers this year that we are at war.
“Nature is that thing that wants to kill you and eat you. Not necessarily in that order.”