Manduca sexta tobacco hornworm fifth instar 5g five grams 5 on a stick

Why? I don’t know, we found it on some nightshade (Atropa belladonna) at work (cause these fellows only eat Solanaceae plants, e.g. tobacco, tomatoes, tomacco). This lil guy is over 5 g now, so he’s a fifth instar and will pupate in a few days, and become a disgusting moth thing and spew meconium all over like this video (hopefully).

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