What is this bug? (Northern California)

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hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 15 pts · 2y

I believe that's George Washington, one of the "founding fathers" of USA

DemBoSain@midwest.social · 10 pts · 2y (2 replies)

It's a cutworm. Some kind of moth caterpillar.

DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)
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DemBoSain@midwest.social · 1 pts · 2y

I know what a cutworm is, they're pretty common here in Michigan.

DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyz · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)
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YoorWeb@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

You pervert!

SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Does it tickle the tongue or make it completely numb?

RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Do not eat the denticks.

BleatingZombie@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Does it go better with salt or melted butter?

CPC@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Spodoptera ornithogalli, a common pest species

givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y (1 reply)

It's a grub.

Will eventually turn into some type of beetle.

They spend their first part of a lifecycle living like this underground gaining calories before transforming.

DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 2y
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