what the heck is this....

[im faster]

ok so looks like a green silk worm... lol.. or a huge inch worm its probly almost 2 inches long... found it crawling on a snail in a bush while i looked for nalu... maybe a new food...

 

[blood4eva69]

im guessing a caterpillar of some sort...????

 

[pohchunyee]

that is a carnivorous ( YES I SAID CARNIVOROUS) Caterpillar........... If u in Hawaii.... Hawaii is famous for their carnivorous caterpilllar!!! I wonder if it will bite the chameleon (predator being preyed by its prey )

 

[Will Hayward]

At first glance, possibly an Inch worm or Cabbage worm?


Hope that steers you in the right direction.

 

[pohchunyee]

Haha......I am a National Geopraphic Geek..... here is the link regarding the Killer Catterpillar!!!

http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0306/feature6/index.html

 

[rcagosto]

That is cool in a wierd sort of way. Lol. Well if its a good feeder then you guys in hawaii are lucky. I live in the city, all insects here are not to be trusted (Could have been exposed to pesticides).

 

[im faster]

UPDATE
ok so good and bad....


good the new nalu LOVED it barly put it in the cage andhe ate it...

BAD
RARE find.. scientists come here for weeks and sometimes dont find them.. haha.. oh well ill keep looking..

 

[im faster]

 

[Will Hayward]

At first glance, possibly an Inch worm or Cabbage worm?
Hope that steers you in the right direction.

Damn... now seeing the new photos, I guess it looks more like a "3/4" Worm".

 

[ChameleonsTree]

Looks like what we used to call tomato worms...but i really have no idea

 

[Will Hayward]

Tomato Worms are offered as Hornworms in the reptile market.

They are NOT to be given UNLESS they come from a source that has raised them on special diets. The food they eat in the wild is usually fairly high in toxicity and high enough that it has been said to be able to kill chameleons.

 

[ChameleonsTree]

Is that what the worm is in that pic?

 

[flpanther]

It's a looper...

Loopers get thier name from the looping motion they make when walking. There are a few different kinds. Did you find it on a hibiscus? I find cotton loopers(Anomis flava), on my hibiscus all the time in Florida. It could also be a hibiscus looper(Anomis mesogona), but I don't think they are found in the continental US. If you know the bushes were not exposed to any chemicals your chams will love them(mine do). They are probably very nutritious too since hibiscus leaves are very high in calcium. The caterpillars will fold a leaf in half and sew it together with silk and pupate inside, they turn into small moths.

 

[Will Hayward]

Is that what the worm is in that pic?

No. but you mentioned it.

If it's not one of those killer caterpillars as said above, then I still think it could be some type of Inch worm or Cabbage worm (Also called cabbage looper)