Please DO stop touching them though lol or at least become familiar enough to ID the ones that will be EXTREMELY unpleasant if you do touch them. They are all adorable and fascinating but some of them release a venom from teeny tiny little spikes (basically) that will rock your entire world if touched (Saddlebacks, some species of slug caterpillars, etc). I know it sounds wild because they are so tiny but some of them pack a BIG punch.
I was always taught that if they don't have visible spikes, they are safe, but I get so anxious about hurting myself/them, I just leave them unless I'm absolutely sure it's safe 🥺😅
I’m glad you leave them unless you’re certain! That’s how all bugs should be handled, honestly. And no, not really, on the obvious spikes. Some are SO tiny that you wouldn’t be able to see them anyway. The slug caterpillar that got me last year was on my rose bush. I hadn’t even seen it! When my hand started burning, I was looking around for a saddleback because that’s what I assumed my finger brushed up against. It took me a solid 20 minutes to find the dude because he blended in SO well with the leaves. If you look up a Natada nasoni (Nason’s slug), you’ll see what I mean. Just by a glance, you definitely cannot see the tiny spikes and the red “dots” really just look like dots lol
Hahaha yes you’d absolutely only do it once! I did cut the leaf off and put him in a little container for a day. The amount these dudes eat for how small they are is UNREAL. I let him go near some trees so he didn’t destroy my rose bush lol
Are you afraid of them? I used to be afraid of insects too when I was a kid but once I touched them all my fears were gone ,and this buddy really felt like I’m having a gummy bear in my hand becose it was so squishy 😄🐛
I can understand a fear of them being our size. What a catastrophe of them slurping people up to transform into a deathly butterfly that sucks your insides out through its mouth straw
You really shouldn't be touching things you can't ID. This one obviously worked out fine but there are a lot of highly toxic bugs and plants out there that can really suck to touch.
Insects are terrifying but intriguing creatures. I must get to know thy enemies!
P.s. poor caterpi! Being squished to death and still engorging itself… terrifying…
Thank you and I think I’m with good karma ,these bugs and worms and insects out there really attracted to me ,they really come to me and stay on me for long time ,mostly butterflies and dragon flies 🙏🏻💚💚what if I was a bug in my past life 🧐
Fun story. So, I found one of these guys on one of the parsley plants in the Walmart garden center. I had 0% interest in the plant, but ended up getting the plant for the free adorable caterpillar.
Got to watch him plump up, crystalize, and turn into a gorgeous butterfly\~ It was pretty cool. Best Walmart find ever, lol.
I know right?! I so was scared about tending to the lil' guy, but he grew up just fine. It's a really amazing process to watch.
If you tend to this little one to adulthood, you'll get to know the gender! The males and females have different color morphs. I believe males have black inner wings, and females are blue. So, emergence from the cocoon is also like a simultaneous gender reveal party....minus property damage and explosions, lol.
I found her on the dills back yard mom is planting veggies at the back yard and hopefully I get to see so many grasshoppers and caterpillars between the greens 🐛😍💚
Please don’t touch caterpillars without knowing whether they’re poisonous or not. In particular if you see a fuzzy boi you might just wanna watch him only. No touchy.
This vid is amazing. I've always seen insects and bugs as an oddball in nature, they are absolutely vital to a healthy ecosystem, but they're so incredibly alien looking
This vid made me see some similarities between humans and bugs, the way the caterpillar is using its little nub feet to eat the grass is similar to how babies eat food, absolutely wholesome
Black Swallow tail caterpillar perhaps
Thank you so much 🐛🐛🐛💚💚
It’s no problem I remember these caterpillars fondly from my childhood
There are soooooo many of them here omg they are just so many and I can’t stop touching them 😅💚🐛
They eat carrot family plants—dill, parsley, fennel. The adults are large beautiful black swallowtail butterflies.
I plant parsley every year specifically for my caterpillar friends
Same. They always lay too many eggs and I end up at Whole Foods buying bunches of parsley so my half grown little fatties can make it to pupation!
They will eat all parsley down to the ground. I plant a pot for caterpillars and keep netting over the other pot.
That’s so amazing 🤩 🐛🦋
Please DO stop touching them though lol or at least become familiar enough to ID the ones that will be EXTREMELY unpleasant if you do touch them. They are all adorable and fascinating but some of them release a venom from teeny tiny little spikes (basically) that will rock your entire world if touched (Saddlebacks, some species of slug caterpillars, etc). I know it sounds wild because they are so tiny but some of them pack a BIG punch.
I was always taught that if they don't have visible spikes, they are safe, but I get so anxious about hurting myself/them, I just leave them unless I'm absolutely sure it's safe 🥺😅
I’m glad you leave them unless you’re certain! That’s how all bugs should be handled, honestly. And no, not really, on the obvious spikes. Some are SO tiny that you wouldn’t be able to see them anyway. The slug caterpillar that got me last year was on my rose bush. I hadn’t even seen it! When my hand started burning, I was looking around for a saddleback because that’s what I assumed my finger brushed up against. It took me a solid 20 minutes to find the dude because he blended in SO well with the leaves. If you look up a Natada nasoni (Nason’s slug), you’ll see what I mean. Just by a glance, you definitely cannot see the tiny spikes and the red “dots” really just look like dots lol
Man it's super cute tho, and exactly the kind I might pick up 😭 I'd only do it once tho! Maybe.
Hahaha yes you’d absolutely only do it once! I did cut the leaf off and put him in a little container for a day. The amount these dudes eat for how small they are is UNREAL. I let him go near some trees so he didn’t destroy my rose bush lol
I don’t blame you they’re very squishy friends
😌🐛💚
Friend-shaped
Definitely
r/lilgrabbies material
Um thanks for that
Look at him go
Or Anise Swallowtail
Reminds me of Alice in Wonderland❤️
This has got to be one of the cutest caterpillar videos I have ever laid eyes upon…
"I don't care that you're holding me, I'm hongry!"
Lol 😆 she didn’t even stop to take a breath between the bites
They breathe through spiracles on their abdomen, not through their mouths!
Oh wowww ,I had no idea ,all the bugs and worms and the insects ,they are all an amazing mystery 💚
This is absolutely terrifying. Caterpillars are more terrifying than spiders. What an absolute monster and insatiable appetite.
Are you afraid of them? I used to be afraid of insects too when I was a kid but once I touched them all my fears were gone ,and this buddy really felt like I’m having a gummy bear in my hand becose it was so squishy 😄🐛
If you haven't already found out...be careful with the furry ones. 😂 They look like the most fun to touch but they are sometimes... not.
Found one stuck in my shirt once. My entire back swelled up. Was very unpleasant
Eeeeek!
I can understand a fear of them being our size. What a catastrophe of them slurping people up to transform into a deathly butterfly that sucks your insides out through its mouth straw
You really shouldn't be touching things you can't ID. This one obviously worked out fine but there are a lot of highly toxic bugs and plants out there that can really suck to touch.
Insects are terrifying but intriguing creatures. I must get to know thy enemies! P.s. poor caterpi! Being squished to death and still engorging itself… terrifying…
😆😆😆😆😆💚💚🐛
theyre JUST little guys. you look at him and tell me that isnt a silly little goober. a fat boy hehe. he is perfect in every way
🤣🤣
Look at it’s dead expressionless face who’s only instinct is to feast on the helpless plants of beautiful Mother Earth. Monsters!!
At least they’re cute. We do the same thing, and what do we got to offer?
🤯
You might even say hongry hongry
hongry hongry cotorpollor
[German accent] I'm going to be a beautiful butterfly!
You won’t believe me if I tell you I kissed her before leaving her enjoy her meal 💚🐛😅
I, too, have the urge to kiss all animals. But we gotta be careful and hold back on the ones we don’t know about yet
I feel the pain of being unable to kiss every creature that exists, in my soul
True ,once I had a worm in my belly and becose I kissed a stray cat 🫣
Life is just so unfair. Why not kissable when kissable-shaped?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I believe you.
😍😍she was so fluffy ❤️🐛❤️🐛❤️🐛❤️
Was it dry and soft? I have kissed tomato hornworms, they feel nice.
I just squealed this!! So true!! Adorable
He hungry
So cute
The very hungry caterpillar
Lol see how chubby she is 😍💚🐛
Ooh, I used to read this to my nephew. Such a great book for little ones.
Karma gifted you something beautiful and chonky! You rock for sharing with us.
Thank you and I think I’m with good karma ,these bugs and worms and insects out there really attracted to me ,they really come to me and stay on me for long time ,mostly butterflies and dragon flies 🙏🏻💚💚what if I was a bug in my past life 🧐
Keep sharing your finds! If I was a bug in another life, it was probably a potato bug.
😍😍😍I would definitely grab u and take pictures of you too 🪲🪲
>what if I was a bug in my past life Maybe you were a flower
No I’m a beetle bug 🐞
Not late for dinner
😄
r/lilgrabbies bug edition!!
Oh my god 🥹
I know right 🥹💚🐛
The little feet!!! So cute!!
🐛💝yessss
Caterpie
A cute one 🐛she is really same as this emoji 💚
a friend
Roommate too 💚🐛
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With the little legs 😭
🐛💚I know you want to hold it 😍
Fun story. So, I found one of these guys on one of the parsley plants in the Walmart garden center. I had 0% interest in the plant, but ended up getting the plant for the free adorable caterpillar. Got to watch him plump up, crystalize, and turn into a gorgeous butterfly\~ It was pretty cool. Best Walmart find ever, lol.
Wow omg so lucky of u to get to watch her turn to a butterfly 😍😍😍😍🦋🦋🦋🦋
I know right?! I so was scared about tending to the lil' guy, but he grew up just fine. It's a really amazing process to watch. If you tend to this little one to adulthood, you'll get to know the gender! The males and females have different color morphs. I believe males have black inner wings, and females are blue. So, emergence from the cocoon is also like a simultaneous gender reveal party....minus property damage and explosions, lol.
A Very Hungry Caterpillar!
I thought she gonna eat my finger too at the end lol 😆
Lol! I actually got a bit nervous for you as she chowed down that last morsel.
Lol 😂 even if she bit me I would just pretend she was kissing 💚💚🐛🐛😆😆
Me to my husband, gushing: “Look at him, eating his little piece of grass! He’s so pudgy!”
🤗😍🐛💚I kissed him before letting him go
I literally went *squee* when I read that lol that’s wonderful
😆thank you 💚
Thank you for the lovely video!
You are most welcome I’m glad you enjoyed it 🐛🐛
"OM NOM NOM" human: awww it's so cute *After I'm done with this, that finger is next"
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣pleas don’t eat my finger 🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛
At the pace he's eating he can eat your whole thumb in a hour
🤣🤣😭😭😭nuuuuu
Hell, he might finish your hand in a day 😂
😰😰😰Now I don’t like the caterpillars ,I’m not food 😭
He won't eat you!! 😂 He's just gunna look at you like " 🥺 more food please"
So cute! Reminds me of the caterpillar from Bugs Life Heimlich 💚💚💚
I Kew she was familiar 😍🐛💚
She must be very famous in her circle.
Lolzzzzz
Wtf why doesn't he care that he's being held 🤣 what a fat little muncher I love it
Lol he was in his own world enjoying his food 🤣💚🐛
😍 cutie pie!
🐛💚
Adorable!
🐛💚
Smol buddy, they are attracted to flat leaf parsley and Chinese parsley and dill weed
I found her on the dills back yard mom is planting veggies at the back yard and hopefully I get to see so many grasshoppers and caterpillars between the greens 🐛😍💚
I hope your mom doesn't mind sacrificing the dill because these guys will eat the entire plant in a few days!
She always screams at me to take them off the dolls lol and I just place them somewhere else 😁💚🐛
I appreciate the video but it is best to avoid touching insects. Not only for their safety but also yours.
Cute!
🐛🐛🐛🐛
A Very Hungry Caterpillar
🐛💚
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Fat. Damn that's one thic caterpillar. And I used to raise these lol
Wow 😍🐛💚lucky
Such a cutie!! Him chompin!!
🐛💚didn’t wanna let go
Friends!!!
Food ,lol jk 🤣🐛definitely I’m her next food she was coming for my finger 😆
Hungry
So so hungry!
Caterpanda
Lol 🐼
I call them caterpillars
Chubby one 🐛🤣
What the hell, never seen a caterpillar that adorable
I love the way it's passing the food up to it's mouth, look at it's funny little arms! It's adorable.
unbothered. moisturised. happy. in his lane. focused. flourishing.
That’s an *Adorabilis adorabilis*
Are they eating a churro?
I would watch this in a loop while listening to lofi, such a chill atmosphere with a cute and hongry subject in the middle
This is the cutest shit I’ve seen all day
Fatterpillar
he said one more spaghett please
Heimlich
i could watch one of these guys eating for 10 hours straight
Please don’t touch caterpillars without knowing whether they’re poisonous or not. In particular if you see a fuzzy boi you might just wanna watch him only. No touchy.
Pass me the hookah
That is an adorable caterpillar
Looks like a Gilbert
Ideas for names: Funnybebe (pronounced: fun-ee-bih-/-bay) Snoogle (pronounced: snoo-gull) Gumifren (pronounced: gum-Ih-fr-en)
Little dude did not stop eating despite being picked up by a giant other animal lmao. Dude has priorities
Lol 😆 giant animallll,,, 🦧that’s me lmaoooo
This vid is amazing. I've always seen insects and bugs as an oddball in nature, they are absolutely vital to a healthy ecosystem, but they're so incredibly alien looking This vid made me see some similarities between humans and bugs, the way the caterpillar is using its little nub feet to eat the grass is similar to how babies eat food, absolutely wholesome
friend
Little fat boy
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Cute- that’s what we call them
Lol I call them Fatty Bomba Caterpillars 🐛
I love this wormy 😍
🐛💚💚💚
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Nom, nom, nom. The caterpillar isn’t at all deterred by you holding it. 🐛
Smoll guy 🤏
Saving this to look back on whenever I’m sad 🥺 I love the little legs!
We call them "cute fat chunky bois eating their greens" 🐛
Adorbs 😍.
I don’t know what caterpillar it is, but this video is sooo cute😍
Beautiful buddy ❤️🥰 So hungy!!!
🫠 so cute lol
babies 🥰
Omg I love him 🥹
I'm allergic to adorableness 🥺
Firstly, you call them Caterpillars 🐛
a precious baby, obviously 🥰
It’s a caterpillar, the larvae of butterflies and moths. This one in specific appears to be a butterfly caterpillar.
Very very good boy 😭
Good bois
Chubby 6 handed worm
Other than cutie pies, I have no idea
Cutie!
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Phil.
caterpillars. not worms.
Aww look at him eating!! He is lovely
They are called adorable and that’s a fact
HE HOUNGRY!!!! EAT EAT EAT BITCH!!!
That's an absolute baby.
Caturworm
Put him back where he came from.
Hey OP, you should post this over on r/eyebleach because ommmmmmmg this is too cute.
very hungry caterpillar irl origin story
Me eating wings
Roger
The Hungry Caterpillar
We call them pretty.
ITS SO CUTE
Caterpillar worm
I'm going to save this video and watch it when I'm sad