what is this and can i eat it.

[mike_belben]

Yup, hornworms leave hand grenade turds.  If you see these you better find the worm fast or kiss those maters goodbye. 








Anyone know what this is?  Some kinda larva?

[kantuckid]

Those are the whitish eggs the 8!@#%^&* lay on yer plants! Mash those too!
Right now it's the time when the Asian ladbugs try to get in my britches , home and so on. Sprayed the log wall the other day and we tape black plastic in our BR window- they bite!
Meanwhile the yellow jackets like my oak logs when I saw into one, it's also their last hurrah before dead of winter.

[mike_belben]

Whatever that was went in the burn barrel. 

Lady beatles havent been as bad as usual this year, but stinkbugs galore.  Any thing on the clothesline they perceive as a pocket has been full.  sleeping bag, pillowcase.. Beanie hats etc.  Yuk. 

[kantuckid]

Stink bugs also eat maters! Both the Asian lady bugs and stinkies stink when squirshed. 
Did the gvmnt import the stink bugs too? ;D

[Al_Smith]

There is a type of wasp that lays eggs on the hornworms that will eat them alive  .However in mass they can do a lot of damage to tomato plants ina very short time .Sevin dust will clean their clocks right now .Give them a squirt from a water applicator and they will drop within a minute .

[DixieReb31]

Yea, go ahead, eat it.

[doc henderson]

these were on my friends "tree of knowledge" catalpa tree.  I assume there are at some stage of the life cycle of the catalpa worms the people in the south go fishing with and I believe may be a major ingredient in the food they refer to as "GRITS".  they like the beans and the leaves.  



 

 

 

[doc henderson]

they all seemed to have the little black flags on the hind legs, but not symmetric or the same sides.  

[GullyBog]

Leaf footed bug. Edibility unknown.

[Don P]

They're all eatible as long as you take the drumsticks off.

they would take a heavy chocolate coating  :D

[doc henderson]

it would make sense, but is it part of the catalpa worm cycle?  @WDH 

[trapper]

doc does smoking peppers give you a high like pot does?

[doc henderson]

well I do not know, and really do not have the muchies.  I have smoked peppers, but on a big smoker with mulberry wood.  have not tried the other stuff due to my profession and the era i grew up in.  just want to know what the critters are.  I will look online as well.  

[Don P]

Not peppers, I think you are supposed to roll them up in an old banana peel and then light it. Personally I think the chocolate dipped would be better.

[doc henderson]

look like stink bugs, and nothing I found was in the life cycle of the catalpa caterpillar.  they are and egg, a worm then a moth.  i will have my buddy Jim go rough one up and let me know what they smell like.

[HemlockKing]

so that is how you stay so young!     8) 8) 8)   .  maybe like Bill Clinton,   it is on your lip, but you did not chew and swallow.   :D  I "could" eat them, but I would need to be more hungry than usual.

I’d like to see someone eat a pine sawyer larvae, those things look soft and fleshy but their internals are tough lol CRUNCH

Wouldn’t be the craziest I’ve seen, seen someone take a bite out of a live mackerel once

[WDH]

I know a few things about catalpa but not much about what eats them.  

[doc henderson]

Danny I will keep that in mind.  I milled a bit, and have more to do.  nice wood.  looks and machines like a cedar.  I have heard it is rather rot resistant.

[WDH]

Makes beautiful bowls and turned pieces.  

As a boy, I picked off the caterpillars from some catalpas growing in my Granny's (what I called my Grandmother) side yard and found that catfish really liked them.  When you hooked a caterpillar, a yellow-green ooze would ooze out of them and apparently this put the smell in the water that would bring in the catfish.  This was tame catfish in a stocked pond and not like the wild catfish that Howard so expertly catches.  

[YellowHammer]

I'm not much for bugs or eating them, but I do like the title, probably one of the best thread titles I can remember.  Kudos to Doc.

Every time I read it, I grin like a "possum eating road kill" (down south here we don't spell it with an o) and most likely that's what the critter thinks when he bumbles down the local asphalt road, looking for dinner.  "Hmmmm, smells good, looks kind of flat, not too many ants, I wonder what it is?  Oh well, no cars are coming, down the hatch, gulp"  

Anyway, it's good reading.

[doc henderson]

well see now you guys have made me smile.  I do not really want to try it either.  so i think these are not Catalpa bugs.?  I have had some really strange possum experiences, and when they smile, I just know I do not want to get bit by them.  good day gents!

[SwampDonkey]

Leaf-footed bugs as mentioned earlier. They are in the order hemiptera, family Coreidae. These bugs are usually dark. This is a large group of insects, and mostly large bugs. These are actually called bugs, which distinguishes them from beetles (order coleoptera). These are adults. Squash bug is part of this group to. These bugs give off an unpleasant odor when handled. ;D

[doc henderson]

thanks LD.  did not realize that was the name, but we all had some fun getting here.  

[WV Sawmiller]

   In the words of one wizened old FF member (I can't remember his name :) "Yes you can eat it but maybe only once." :D

[SwampDonkey]

  In the words of one wizened old FF member (I can't remember his name :) "Yes you can eat it but maybe only once." :D

Another quote: "The best techniques are passed on by the survivors" :D :D