caterpillar.

[LAME]

ive heard some caterpillars are unsafe to feed to mantids because of toxins.. I was curious as it if this one was safe to use as a food source...

turns out I guess my backyard's tree happens to have a couple just hanging around.

 

[Sticky]

I would think eating that would be like eating a brush or a broom!

 

[LAME]

lol yummy.

 

[happy1892]

Possibly this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrharctia_isabella

 

[LAME]

yep, definitely is... Cool.

yeah I may hold a few and wait until the turn to moths. I found one that's seriously as round and as long as my finger.

thanks for the info, they're not toxic but can cause swelling or irritation.

 

[Crazy4mantis]

I hope you don't actually hold them lol

I would not feed it, but the mantis has to come across them in the wild so I wonder if the toxins affect them...

 

[LAME]

They're not toxic. Just really woolly kinda like a pipe cleaner or a cheap toilet bowl cleaner.