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What is this giant creature?
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Chromerust
, Nov 21 2014 2:22 PM
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Posted November 21 2014 - 2:22 PM
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Posted November 21 2014 - 2:30 PM
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Catalpa worm
Ceratomia catalpae
The Catalpa Sphinx is a hawk moth of the Sphingidae family. Wikipedia
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Posted November 21 2014 - 3:07 PM
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oh cool thanks. I've seen those flying around here a couple of times. They are big as a hummingbird right?
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Posted November 21 2014 - 3:35 PM
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This is cool, big caterpillars like this make a lot of frass. Good for Cyphomyrmex if you know what I mean. 
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Posted November 21 2014 - 3:47 PM
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Unfortunately, due to ant keeping, whenever I see larvae, all I can think of is "Ant food!" .
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Posted November 22 2014 - 3:47 PM
They sell some HUGE caterpillars at Prehistoric Pets as reptile food.
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Posted November 22 2014 - 7:23 PM
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I swear I heard some caterpillars are poisonus. Even just touching them can jack you up, but I can't recall what type they were. Anyways, I would never feed my ants this just in case. I have plenty of other things they like to eat
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Posted November 22 2014 - 11:22 PM
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I swear I heard some caterpillars are poisonus. Even just touching them can jack you up, but I can't recall what type they were. Anyways, I would never feed my ants this just in case. I have plenty of other things they like to eat
I wouldn't thing there are any severely poisonous species like that here in California...
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Posted November 23 2014 - 8:11 AM
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usually caterpillars with horns are dangerous
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Posted November 23 2014 - 9:03 AM
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Sphingid larvae typically are not considered toxic unless they are feeding on toxic plants. I think that to say caterpillars with horns are dangerous is quite inaccurate, however spiny or hairy species often have spines which are problematic. Where is this specimen from??
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Posted November 23 2014 - 12:52 PM
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Thanks for the info. This caterpillar was found in western Riverside, CA
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Posted January 3 2015 - 6:55 PM
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Nice caterpillar. Caterpillars can become poisonous by eating some plants, like hornworms.
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