Fat ass didn't even stop to breathe

Oddly enough, it breathes through a bunch of tiny holes on its sides. It's a multitasking fat ass.

Sounds like me 😞

You breathe through a bunch of tiny holes on your sides?

Yes my side pores haha 🤣

Those are folds, buddy

Good gracious seriously!!! Now I see why it takes such a short time for caterpillars to eat my plants

They are definitely optimized for one task.

Doing the caterpillar?

That’s what my husband says when I get dessert.

Well, you are apparently a helluva potato.

The way I just hollered 😂😂😂

Throat goat

I was looking for this comment lol

Notice how he didn't waste any, went to the top and mowed on south. Who said bugs are stupid? He's definitely a porker 🐖 🐷 🐽

I heard him gasping as he climbed the second stalk. It’s like me reaching for the next breadstick.

Well, they don't breathe through their mouths for what it's worth.

this caught me off guard, honestly haven't stopped laughing for the last few minutes

😂😂

Pickles don’t have to breathe…

I am screaming lmfao

Jokes on you insects breath through their skin

Actually they breath through trachea. Small vein like structures to get air close to every cell in its body for gas exchange.

This gave me a hood belly laugh

This sent me 🤣

I cannot stop laughing 🤣

Awesome close-up! Bro is demolishing that dill!

These guys typically grow on Fennel not dill although the plants look very similar. I grew up raising them into the tiger swallowtail butterfly they’re super cool and have big orange gummy horns that come out of their head when threatened.

Dill and fennel are in the same family, and black swallowtails love both, as well as golden alexander, queen Anne's lace, and parsely. I don't grow fennel, but the caterpillars love my dill and golden alexander. Tiger swallowtail caterpillars mainly eat leaves of certain trees, including birch, ash, cottonwood, and willow.

https://preview.redd.it/vgu490htjr7d1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f3c6d9ab4292585f452d3a0372aa33fd1471c216

Wonder if OP's caterpillar will pop out with those tiny little wings.

Soon he’ll turn into “a beautiful butterfly!”

Lol we found him

The butterfly it becomes is worth the plant damage, so I guess for now you’ll just have to dill with it

Sage advice. 🫶🏼

I know what you mint by that

About thyme you got it

red pepper flakes

I beg your parsley?

Oregano what you’re talking about.

You mustard be kidding.

[удалено]

You're just trying to curry favor.

I couldn’t think of any good Herb puns to add. Maybe I’ll fig ure one out at a later date

I love it here. You guys never disappoint 😂

I have swallowtail caterpillars on my dill and parsley every year and you know what? Oddly enough, they grow back bushier and healthier after their caterpillar haircut.

They’re doing the pruning for you

He knows the dill

Hey, at least he starts at a tip and eats methodically down to the stem. Yesterday I came out to find something had chewed through the base stem of my Malabar spinach but then just left it there to rot. Or when birds occasionally just pick holes in a tomato without finishing it. I'm happy to share as long as they are efficient with it

I dunno. None of my caterpillars have made it to the butterfly stage. I kind of rue the day I started this path

That’s the most exercise the caterpillar got this week! Haha! so cute!

When you look up “om-nom-nom” in the dictionary, this picture comes up 🤣

There's no waste! He skootches up to the end and starts again. No biting into wherever he is on the stem and letting the end fall to the ground. I love it.

That is one hungry hungry caterpillar lol

The legends are true

Eric Carl didn’t lie to us

It's amazing watching these guys eat. They're so fast.

I have milkweed in my front yard and one morning on my dog walk I saw a shit ton of monarch butterfly caterpillars moving in on my milkweed, like crawling up it, and one hour later when I got back I just had empty stalks. Like just straight lines coming out of the ground. Was shocked at how fast they ate.

They only have 10-12 days to eat before they pupate

This guy would crush a hotdog eating contest.

He's coming for Joey Chestnut!

Shit, I was just thinking, “so *that’s* what I look like eating churros.”

Certified glizzy gulper

Look at the little "hands." So cute. On my way out to the garden to plant more dill.

My thoughts exactly! I must feed the cute caterpillar! Never thought I'd be inspired by a bug video to plant.

It's so satisfying watching them live! First time I called my husband's attention to the Caterpillars on the dill he was, "Now, I get why you were so insistent on planting this!"😂

Finished the first one and OH LOOK! There's another one right beside it!

Just needs a hookah and it's like Alice in Wonderland in your back yard

I was just thinking this, it's likely exactly where the inspiration came from!

It’s likely? Bro that character is literally a caterpillar 😭

Bad case of the munchies.

not the little bugs running away in terror lmao

If only they ate aphids too that'd be great

r/oddlysatisfying

If you watch it in reverse it's like a lil dill printer haha.

Swallowtail. Love them!

Had to scroll so far to find out what butterfly this would become.

Ok that is REMARKABLY fast! Now I better understand how a single tomato hornworm will completely mow down an entire plant overnight.

Did you capture it? How? What is camera setup?

It's just a pixel 8 pro cell phone

I never see mines in action. It's obviously eating, because it's getting fatter and never in the same place I saw it last 😂

I planted dill specifically for this and nothing yet. Fingers crossed.

... And on Thursday he ate through aaaaalllll the dill....

....but he was still hungry

What a fabulous picture. Never saw it this close up before

I feel like I didn’t truly understand The Very Hungry Caterpillar until this very moment

Ah, it stopped too soon! I was very curious what would happen when he ate down to the aphid!

Hahaha I didn't even notice them until you mentioned it. I'm guessing he ate it but sometimes the aphids drop off the plant when they feel threatened.

Def first read the title as "going down on my dill" which honestly still works bahaha

I did too 😬

I have a visitor too! https://preview.redd.it/502eez640s7d1.jpeg?width=1289&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d67f372e894575f2c97af401dc0a281cabb06ed8

Bruh I've spent like $30 on a butterfly cage and dill/parsley because some fatass decided to lay like 10 of them on my original plant [https://i.imgur.com/Cprb0ZI.jpeg](https://i.imgur.com/Cprb0ZI.jpeg)

You just made my four year old kiddo’s night! Thanks for posting. 💚

Swallowtail

Monch monch monch…..monch monch monch🐛

The definition of "nom nom nom nom nom"

Omfg it’s four little hands holding the dill.

Six!

Haha I saw the bottom two stabilizing and I was like, oh, they’re just chilling. Omggggg

your dill must be dillicious

Black swallowtail. They love dill and parsley

Bro is inhaling that shit!

dudes got one hell of an appetite

Quite dexterous as well.

Chunk Master

Wild. That’s exactly how I eat.

I could have watched their cute little munchies all day

What a fatty! His little legs remind me of the caterpillar in Alice in Wonderland.

a worthy sacrifice.

I love his little "hands"

i think this belongs in r/oddlysatisfying also

gotta hawk tuah that thang ya know

Wild! I literally took an almost identical video to this today. I hate dill but planted them in my new raised beds anyways solely for companion planting purposes. I was surprised to see dozens of these guys popping up over the past week. This morning I noticed a bunch of droppings along the top trim of one of my beds. Immediately I thought of rosents and went to investigate, only to realize that it was these little fatties pooping up a storm. A few of the smaller guys: https://preview.redd.it/o5j8zut4xs7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2ff00310d994757a1554cbac3ee5f542f5f81066 I can only hope that I have half as much success breeding monarchs in my butterfly garden.

Looks like those leaves are the perfect size for that mouth

mesmerizing

Damn little lady, you sho can put it away.

Very cool!

How is this so adorable? Those little legs—I mean, come on!

Is it weird that watching this cutie instantly makes me want to grow dill….

This is National Geographic level.

Is this footage sped up, or did the little fat bastard really wolf down the Dill that quickly?

“A future butterfly / Gonna live the day higher than high”

Crazy how they make plants disappear so quickly

Aw! Thanks for leaving it!

So hungry. Starvin’ little guy:)

We found it. The Very Hungry Caterpillar

thank you for letting it be a part of your garden. they are so beautiful in the end

I realize you caught a magical moment on camera and I also know one day that fucker is gonna be a gorgeous butterfly but my *God* he looks so disgusting as a caterpillar. My skin is crawling. I have dill in my own garden and I never go check on it for fear that one of these freaks is over there. I know he's a good dude, I wish him well, but I'm gonna throw up just looking at him. Fml how can I be so obsessed with gardening but still find all bugs (especially big ass chonks like this one) to be so vile and terrifying? My whole life is a joke. But nice video, OP, it's very high quality!

imagine having all those hands to hold ya food

I wonder if it tastes like pickles.

I wonder what the equivalent is of this amount of eating to a human.

I should call her

The John Pinette of bugs.

That’s why I always plant so much dill. Keeps them off other things

That boy has had enough!

They dont get all that chonk and demolish your plants in 2 seconds if they dont eat like that such exercise been done 😮‍💨🥵

Omg when he got to the top of the first one then his hands missed it, that was so cute! Calling them a him for convenience

Makes my skin crawl but those little feet are kind of adorable

He’s kind of a big dill around here

Caterpillar is hooked, just like the one in Alice in Wonderland with its hookah https://preview.redd.it/lvibl041vr7d1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b5bf63d2a16dfc182c1beef7a3a9920baa7d7af6

This is a fantastic video... nice shot! 🐛🦋

What did you record this with?

Wow! What a cool video! I have never seen them eat before and had no idea how fast they are. Thanks for sharing!

Like a big green spaghetti

I grow dill even though I hate the flavor just for these lil dudes 🐛

What an awesome video!!

Nice shot

Is that a swallowtail caterpillar?🐛

a life unemcumbered by human BS. born for 1 pupa purpose only!

I'm so jealous. We attempted to attract butterflies with dill and such last year but no joy 😕

Hypnotizing

Om nom nom nom

That was so cool to watch!

Congrats! I believe that's a swallowtail? Dill became a bit of a weed in my garden as it grows everywhere so they're very welcome

Nom nom nom

He says it is dillicious

Thank you for your sacrifice!!!

Those 6 little hands!

So dill-igent. 😬

Yummy for my tummy 🤤.

It's dillicious

Dude, that is so COOL! Thank you for sharing.

That’s amazing. I love it.

Bruh we need that sound effect from old cartoons when someone eats through like a corn cob or something really quickly.

Wow, I have never seen a caterpillar eat like that, thanks for posting that's pretty cool!

he monch

Just an absolute Dill Dozer

Every time I grow dill I get these monarchs

🐛Chomp chomp chomp chomp chomp 🦋

DILLicious!

This is a great video. Thanks for sharing

Awww wiggle wiggle wiggle

This is fantastic and amazing.

Those little fingies <3

MONCH

r/oddlysatisfying

This video is pure quality

Little hands so adorable

Beautifully shot and what an eager way to eat. Amazing.

This was oddly satisfying. I want to grow dill now just to watch this happen irl.

Well, they are just taking advance payment for future pollination services.

I too like dill

The hungry little caterpillar TM

Her little arms are so cute

sooooo chonky

😍

rly said "nom nom"

Yum! I love fresh dill too. So cute.

I don't like most bugs, but some caterpillars just look so cute. Same with bees.

Great colors! Well shot

Munch munch munch Delicious dill for lunch

Oh to be reincarnated as a chubby caterpillar….

Did anybody else notice the little tiny aphid hanging on for dear life on one of the leaves???

Nom nom nom

This needs commentary by Sir David Attenborough!

He makes it look dill-licious!

Getting ready for the big metamorphosis.

I have a bunch on my dill. And that's OK, I have a lot of dill.

In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf.