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[–] xc2215x 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A nice black and yellow caterpillar.

[–] sanguinepar 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah - they turn into lovely moths too:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Looks gold and purple

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are these tomato worms? I've only ever seen them green

[–] sanguinepar 1 points 1 year ago

No, different species (or genus, or whatever, I've no idea of the right term). Tomato worms become 5-Spotted Hawk Moths, these will be Cinnabar moths.

[–] kurdunkaroo 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How did you get multiple pictures in this post? 😮

[–] sanguinepar 2 points 1 year ago

Put them in the post text. Actually, not sure if I'm meant to do that! Oh well.