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Hickory Horned Devil

Posted by September 2nd, 2009 at 8:12 am

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Hickory Horned Devil

WHAT IS THIS?
September 1, 2009
PLEASE – TELL ME – ME DOG WANTED TO EAT IT – LOOKED DANGEROUS!
BRANDY
BRICK, NJ 08724

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Hickory Horned Devil

Hi BRANDY,
Though it looks quite fierce, the Hickory Horned Devil, the caterpillar of the lovely Royal Walnut Moth, is quite harmless.

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Comments 2

  1. adasmith wrote:

    Oh my gosh! My husband found on of these crawling across our driveway…it is hideous..i’m so glad they are harmless.

    Posted 11 Sep 2009 at 3:01 pm
  2. chesney wrote:

    i just found one of these in my backyard today. got curious and had to show my son, and we did some searching and found out what it was. thought it was poisonous and thank god its not. how do i post a picture of it on here? thanks, robin

    Posted 19 Sep 2009 at 10:12 pm

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