Chadwick is a manduca sexta caterpillar, more commonly called a tobacco hornworm.
I bread and raised these little guys as an intern at USM Biological.
He is a very beautiful specimen, and very pesky.
Here, you see him eating the tomato plants in my garden. Bad bad bad.
I will not kill him though, because Winter is coming and my garden is dying anyway.
So, eat away, my lovely little friend. Our battle will continue next season!
