Comments on: Death’s Head Hawkmoth Caterpillar http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/04/13/deaths-head-hawkmoth-caterpillar-2/ Are we experts yet? Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:42:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: sleepercell http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/04/13/deaths-head-hawkmoth-caterpillar-2/comment-page-1/#comment-6232 sleepercell Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:42:36 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?p=15454#comment-6232 Hi Bugman, I live in Durban in morningside and I have never see this worm but I have seen the moth's. Please could you mail me if you get any more of these as I would love to take some off your hands mailto://marckruger@ymail.com. Cheers Marc Hi Bugman,

I live in Durban in morningside and I have never see this worm but I have seen the moth’s. Please could you mail me if you get any more of these as I would love to take some off your hands mailto://marckruger@ymail.com.

Cheers
Marc

]]> By: Dave http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/04/13/deaths-head-hawkmoth-caterpillar-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2886 Dave Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:07:03 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?p=15454#comment-2886 This one is edible too! Someone who followed the Doctrine of Signatures might not consider this species edible, but I have documentation of its consumption in West Papua [formerly Irian Jaya, the Indonesian half of New Guinea]. I've eaten tomato hornworms, but they were raised on artificial diet and were not tasty. Dave www.smallstockfoods.com This one is edible too!

Someone who followed the Doctrine of Signatures might not consider this species edible, but I have documentation of its consumption in West Papua [formerly Irian Jaya, the Indonesian half of New Guinea]. I’ve eaten tomato hornworms, but they were raised on artificial diet and were not tasty.

Dave
http://www.smallstockfoods.com

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