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[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago

I believe that's George Washington, one of the "founding fathers" of USA

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's a cutworm. Some kind of moth caterpillar.

[–] SpruceBringsteen 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Does it tickle the tongue or make it completely numb?

[–] RizzRustbolt 2 points 11 months ago

Do not eat the denticks.

[–] BleatingZombie 1 points 11 months ago

Does it go better with salt or melted butter?

[–] CPC 3 points 11 months ago

Spodoptera ornithogalli, a common pest species

[–] givesomefucks 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's a grub.

Will eventually turn into some type of beetle.

They spend their first part of a lifecycle living like this underground gaining calories before transforming.