Seriously, this creature makes me question the existence of aliens.
Last year, my friend and I freaked out over these nasty little guys… They looked like bird poop on my lemon trees. Then as we were bending down over the tree, it MOVED. AND it had a scary face with horns (which apparently gives them super scary powers against their predators). Cue the screaming & skeeved-out shivers. They had eaten their way through most of the leaves on these trees that I had babied for a couple of years… and I’m DETERMINED to have some lemonade one day. Obsessively determined.
While watering the lemon trees this morning, I saw that the nasty little creatures had returned. Today, unlike last year, I was prepared. I broke out my handy dandy organic pest spray and hosed the suckers. Then, because I was skeeved out, I picked them off my precious leaves and stomped on them for extra satisfaction.
6 comments:
What IS that thing??? Creepy!
eeeewwwwwwww.......what is it?
Ugggg! I hate the bugs of the South!
That's just gross.
HI! Those are caterpillars that will turn into butterflies! Swallowtail butterflies, I believe. Please say you didn't kill them!
ok, try this, actually...
http://www.butterflygardeningandconservation.com/butterfly/st/giant.php
ok, still not working. sorry!!
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