#anyway it’s called eastern tiger swallowtail caterpillars
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i have a confession everyone. i am actually scared of caterpillars
#this came out of absolute nowhere but i just saw a video of caterpillars and got jump scared#i’m shaking in my boots#🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛#AHHHH#THEY’RE SO….#BIG AND ROUND AND HAVE GUTS THAT GO EVERYWHERE IF THEY’RE ACCIDENTALLY STEPPED ON OR EATEN BY A REPTILE#AND THEY’RE WIGGLE AROUND AND WRINKLY AND HAVE SO MANY LEGS#AND THEY HAVE WEIRD TEXTURESSS#AND THEIR EYEBALLS WIGGLE#OR SKMETHING#I SAW A SPECIFIC CATERPILLAR ONCE AS A KID AND IT FUCKING SCARRED ME#just looked up brown caterpillar with eyes and got jumpscared again oh shit oh fuck it’s so fucking gross and scary#anyway it’s called eastern tiger swallowtail caterpillars#specifically the brown ones because that’s the one i saw as a kid#and they do this weird defense mechanism by trying to mimic snakes by sticking out a disgusting orange thing from their face and wiggling#their head back and forth and it’s fucking scary it genuinely scares the shit out of me#so i guess their defense works LOLL#BUT EWWW SORRY FOR BEING HATEFUL TOWARDS CATERPILLARS BUT THEY ARE THE ONE (1) INSECT I CANNOT BE ANYWHERE NEAR#I LIKE SPIDERS! I LOVE TARANCHULAS AND OTHER BUGS#but caterpillars… it sounds like a shitpost but i’m being serious. i literally have no other fears besides needles and caterpillars#just had to get this out there
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