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August 22, 2007
Tea For Two
Back on October 20, 2004, I found my first tobacco worm. As you can see from the photos in that link, they are curious, plump green worms and as far as I know, they are not harmful.
Only two days after placing the worm in a shoebox, he made his cocoon.
Now, skip to April 11, 2005. From THIS link you can see how the tobacco worm looked once it emerged from the cocoon. It was and still is amazing to me.
I am refreshing your memory because yesterday, my dad brought me two more tobacco worms! Ashley was so excited. She loves the process and is just as astounded by nature as I am.
Here they are in their new home; a spacious box for two:
I love letting them stick to me:
I expect this post will be continued a few more times :)
Posted by tami at August 22, 2007 11:52 AM
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I remember these nature wonders from when I was much younger; it is interesting to watch these little creatures go through their life cycle.
Posted by: Dana at August 22, 2007 5:36 PM
I hope they get big. When I was about 6 or 7 I was sitting out on an old well just outside our kitchen door. I looked to the side of me and a huge tobacco worm was crawling up. It was about 1/2 inch round and 3 inches long. I screamed my head off. My Dad came out and said, "oh, that's just a backer worm" (not tobacco, but backer worm) country folks still say it that way, "it's won't hurt you." I haven't seen a big backer worm in years. I think we should name them! Maybe some of the folks that ready your blog can help come up with a good name for each. Maybe a contest. We can submit names and you and Kevin and Ashley can pick best name for each. Boy, it's doesn't take much to entertain your ole Aunt Becky, does it? hahahaha
Posted by: Becky at August 23, 2007 7:48 AM
Ooh, a fresh batch of 'em. How neat. Don't caterpillars feel weird when you pick them up by their bodies? They're sorta squishy, but solid, too. They feel like muscles in there.
Name them...Hmmmmm. Wacky & Tabaccy. ;D
Posted by: gw at August 25, 2007 12:40 AM
AW! I don't even dare to touch it :-S
Posted by: Vanes at August 25, 2007 2:55 PM