OT---Can someone identify this creature found in my puppy pen? - Page 1

BIGGEST GREEN CATAPILLAR IVE EVER SEEN  ...HE DISAPPEARED IN 3 MINUTES IT TOOK ME TO GET A JAR AND HE WAS ON SIDE OF MY HOUSE AND GONE.  DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT  KIND THIS IS..HE ACTS MEAN , ALSO..HAVE HIM IN A JAR..

You saying you have him in a jar :) and he is the one that is mean :) lol hihih no idea but he looks like he is just chilling :) lol hahaha

  THIS PIC IS INSIDE ON A PIECE OF PAPER WITH A SMALL SCREWDRIVER COMPARING SIZE. IT IS ACTUALLY A BLUE GREEN COLOR  ...

yEAH HE OR IT IS IN A JAR TILL I FIND OUT WHAT IT IS..? BOSSIE WAS LOOKING THE OTHER WAY OR SHE WOULD HAVE EATEN IT...OR IT WOULD HAVE STUNG HER...IT PROTRUDES SOMETHING IN FRONT WHEN YOU APPROACH IT..

Here we go- commonly called a Hickory Horned Devil:

http://bugguide.net/node/view/12926

More info also:

http://bugguide.net/node/view/3559

http://hilarynelson.com/Hobbies/Bugs/HickoryHornedDevilCaterpillar/

That is one freaky bug!!

That's one funky bug:)

we never get anything that cool in the UK :(

I think the caterpillar is cuter than he'll be when he morphs into a butterfly...too bad they don't stay that way and don't make good pets.  There was a movie once that had a dog-like giant caterpillar that DID make a pet...I would have loved to have one just like it. 

Would you please let him go so he can fulfill his destiny to be the inspiration of imagination? 

Veronica

It looks like a common tomatoe worm to me.  Do you have tomatoes near to the pen?

Bruce

Yellow rose,you're pulling our legs,it's a rubber toy you bought for your new baby!!!!  PLEASE,PLEASE TELL ME THAT'S WHAT IT IS!!!!!! liz

Frankly Yellowrose, I'd crap myself if I found something like this, however, NOW I know it's harmless... it's pretty groovy!

How often do us girls get to say... "what a size"?