How Carnivorous Caterpillars Attack Their Prey

[@naturepbs]

When plants strike back against the caterpillar's eating them: to.pbs.org/2IHupkB

[@oelrafael9241]

carnivorus caterpillar

[@thecianinator]

No apostrophe when it's plural, PBS.

[@writerconsidered]

You know what would have made this better? Zefrank Narrating it. PBS needs to step up and hire Zefrank.

[@you-denarevil3909]

Jeffrey Epstein was a caterpillar?

[@IDMYM8]

Not available

[@car5on777]

Guy in the back making all the sound effects with an old paper bag.

[@northernlights9533]

It works

[@mateuszbanaszak4671]

No, no. These sound effects are made by a black guy reading "The Great Book of Animal Noises". (Im not rasist, this is only a reference to a "Wrongfully Accused" movie)

[@Appreciation-Community]

@@mateuszbanaszak4671 bro its not racist to simply mention someone's skin color.

[@mateuszbanaszak4671]

@@Appreciation-Community Americans can read my comment. You know what is going on now in America?

[@hardboiled2987]

Yes a bunch of sensitive pussies are calling everything racist. You dont have to stoop down to their level.

[@KeithMcGeeth]

This would make a much more interesting “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” Book.

[@allaboutsboyzz4737]

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[@grevan8550]

Not sure it's suitable for the intended age group though 🤣

[@jonh3817]

“The Very Ravenous Caterpillar” It is now my life’s goal to see this happen.

[@NoName-gh5mq]

😠😡NO

[@allaboutsboyzz4737]

@@NoName-gh5mq hi

[@DejayClayton]

Those sound effects are over the top.

[@fahoodie1852]

Just wait until you see monster bug wars

[@weavariothebookbeast3652]

@@fahoodie1852 love hearing audio of boars fighting tigers over a spider eating ants

[@Iamafafr]

Omg I'm not the only one 😂

[@calibula95]

Welcome to 'murican tv shows in general: over the top.

[@Toshiro_Mifune]

@@calibula95 you're harsh, there were no explosions or soldiers screaming to each-other on this one.

[@mixererunio1757]

Damn that's one alien-looking caterpillar. They way it moves, how it has legs only at its ends, how it waits for prey and how it hunts all look like from some kind of sci-fi movie. Nature is just incredible.

[@MottyGlix]

Legs only at the ends are not at all unusual in herbivorous caterpillars. Look up the "inchworm".

[@-karter-4556]

That's what an inchworm is? These aren't just movements for cartoons these are based on real insects

[@i-never-look-at-replies-lol]

i'm convinced anything that lives in the jungle or underwater is far creepier than any sort of aliens would could imagine up

[@HoracePL]

I just re-watched "Predator" (1987) and this video pops up. :D

[@jackvalior]

It remind me of the Like like in legend of zelda

[@alicorntrash1262]

So does it turn into a pretty carnivorous butterfly

[@vbgvbg1133]

butterflies can eat blood, and they will if given the choice

[@youth7064]

yep

[@patty377]

O god

[@lepidlover0557]

No. Butterflies don't have jaws, they can only eat fluids so they drink from flowers

[@thenaturekid3739]

it turns into a moth without a mouth

[@frozenfishtv7992]

"You feel a chill in your spine" "Screams and echoes around you" Eater of Worlds has awoken

[@SenseiDonald]

Nice terraria reference

[@dominiorrr6510]

A man of culture I see

[@staz88]

Ah yes, good reference👌

[@alhir2441]

Ah yes, man of culture

[@ceazlouise1601]

Good reference and a hollow knight pic. 12/10

[@Jc-xf6cj]

"Conceived from the bottomless malice of the Corruption, this mighty abyssal worm tunnels wildly to devour all in its path."

[@mastermuffles7097]

Noice terraria reference

[@Jack-mt3fw]

And I was just playing terraria too

[@itred12]

_Ediolion wyrm_

[@prophetofdoom3887]

Oh prophet thought you meant the ash worm from darksiders

[@crappyaccount]

What

[@GummyKermit]

I love the folley work in these documentaries. They make the movement of the bugs really visceral with all the crunching and cracking

[@GuardianTiger]

Right? It sounds like their crumpling up newspaper XD but it's nice.

[@Thor_the_Doge]

I thought for a moment you said folley folk

[@coopers1716]

I find myself focusing on it and getting annoyed knowing its a pair of dudes playing with paper and pretending bugs make footstep noises.

[@Puss1man]

@@coopers1716 okay cooper

[@huleyn135]

I find it dumb.

[@spacemanspiff6332]

The old stand still until someone walks near you trick. Works every time.

[@3hrsofsleep]

Just like Drax, standing still until he's invisible

[@felixvsevil8783]

Holy crap its Space man Spiff!

[@toddboward4771]

@@3hrsofsleep the funny thing is it's canon that Drax can turn invisible is he is perfectly still. Just an FYI

[@nonameworm69]

@@toddboward4771 rly?

[@toddboward4771]

@@nonameworm69 yeah, really. It started as a joke in the comics and then he actually did it and nobody believed him until he told the whole story of what happened between a couple of characters. They basically carried the joke over to the movies, but as far as I know he hasn't actually gone invisible yet. But the potential is there.

[@bigsippy-]

I take being human for granted, the amount of nature documentries I've binged this week, poor things get savaged out of no where

[@antoniomuniz8342]

Imagine a butterfly landing on ur finger then it flys off with a small chunk of ur finger😂😂

[@Ami-ut2us]

Funfact: butterflies drink blood (Opportunistically & not by preying on anythung to my knowledge but still)

[@marcossanchez1158]

u as hol€

[@ahnrho]

Sight to behold.

[@beon2737]

Mosquito butterfly appears!

[@demiliomason1565]

@JOSEPH SPECIALE butterfly's don't have jaws so they only can drink fluids; primarily from flowers.

[@freckledheart91]

*Me who is grossed out by insects* KZbin: wanna watch how a carnivorous caterpillar eats its prey? Me: *INTERESTING*

[@kilroy987]

"You're walking along in the forest, looking at the leaves on the forest floor. You happen upon a tree trunk. Upon quick inspection, you realize it is perfectly symmetrical. Then you notice spikes digging into the ground." "Oh god." "Too late."

[@conq1273]

Shia LaBeuf

[@МахамбетМамыров]

Superstar cannibal Shia Lebeuf

[@emblemblade9245]

But you know jujitsu!

[@Geniuschad]

@Epidermal Cheese shilabeuf is what?

[@seaside503]

Nobody: Insects when they move: *Intense bone crunching of absolute pain*

[@harsharcane1652]

"90% of Hawaii's native animals cannot be found anywhere else on Earth" Me* "Let's keep it that way, huh?"

[@hairyputter5363]

Murica: no

[@snakewithapen5489]

Sounds like a good idea, I mean look what happened to Florida

[@turkishman4202]

Hispanics: NOPE

[@tentilol]

australia:

[@henryjubeda7617]

If we all pool our money we can cover the whole island in asphalt

[@TexasGTO]

Ok. Chill with the added sounds. Holy hell.

[@baikia777]

There's a webtoon horror comic called Hive. In the story, the world is attacked by giant man eating mutant insects. One of them is a caterpillar that camouflage itself as a street lamp post, snatching every people that walks under it. The only clue of its position is the randomly scattered shoes of its former victims around its seemingly normal street lamp body. I didn't know that monster was based of this particular insect. It's fascinating yet so creepy.

[@catscratch12]

what episode of the webcomic?

[@darkmatteracid2353]

bugussy

[@jesseg4908]

Oh I wanna read on this I love insects and seeing the different types of carnivorous forms that they will utilize, it’s like that one scp that is basically a big bug that disguises itself as a literal bus that uses the corpses of its past prey to play as “drivers” to lull people in

[@zerocents4658]

​@@darkmatteracid2353 take it to Hollow Knight

[@darkmatteracid2353]

@@zerocents4658 Hollow knight got nothing on dat hive queen 😈😈

[@StolenPw]

I honestly could have gone the rest of my life not knowing about the terrors of this bug but here I am

[@ThuyCawlEemThaBlaydRunna]

For a good while I was like "Okay that's an inchworm,when will they show the caterpillar?" but then I realized inchworms have always been highly specialized caterpillars,not their own thing. Inchworm is just a cute little nickname 💀

[@m0tv1nd]

The way they use their bodies to move is fascinating.

[@roberthall29]

I feel like this was the inspiration for a mist dwelling creature.

[@fellipedasilva99]

There’s also the harvester butterfly in North America that has a carnivorous caterpillar stage. While the adults tend to feed less on flowers compared to other butterflies and go for other liquid sources for minerals, nutrition and protein.

[@hansrama3485]

cant the carnivorous cartepillar stage feed on the adult butterfly

[@ulugbeglu]

It kinda looks like a facehugger or something, and it's amazing, wish i coluld see them irl, but thanks for the footage :)

[@patty377]

It cool

[@BLAZENYCBLACKOPS]

Actually it looks absolutely nothing like a facehugger, but hey through the eye of the beholder right, lol.

[@fudgefudge8913]

@@BLAZENYCBLACKOPS AcKsHuAlLy!! he said "facehugger or something," the or something part includes things that look like this caterpillar. So go fuck yourself. :D

[@justaneditygangstar]

@@BLAZENYCBLACKOPS your fun at parties lmao

[@therealcactoos9457]

@@BLAZENYCBLACKOPS the girth of its general body is what differentiates it, but if it was a bit shorter and thinner at the bottom, it would certainly resemble one.

[@theKhaosFactor]

It’s like a face hugger with an extremely long tail

[@kently4465]

I was today years old when I found out that there are carnivorous caterpillars

[@whatfreedom7]

I have no idea what that was suppose say.

[@fcggames3990]

I'm surprised I've always read biology encyclopedias and never heard of such thing

[@mike-vo3uz]

Same

[@clydexmation4583]

Wait today is a Number? Wow I never knew that, thanks

[@JRBizzle01]

What about the fact that butterflies will eat/drink from a carcass? They love blood, especially if its quite sweet.

[@Swordmaster7th]

That is one interesting bug. Literally stands there clamped down on a branch and then slams on another bug with 6 pointed arms to hold prey. Really unique ninja technique.

[@rentmoney7074]

''caterpillars'' more like ''caterkillars'' am I right? I'll see myself out...

[@megazerosaber]

More like killerpillars.... I'll see myself out too =(

[@paulhindenburg1460]

The true danger noodle. Okay goodbye...

[@adariusgibson8796]

More like "killerpinchers" Ok ok I'm going I see the door. 🚪

[@prabhatsing]

More like serialpillar My one foot already in my grave. gotta go

[@richyb4561]

Close the door on your way out

[@rexlizardotube]

These look like miniature versions of the giant monster tentacles in that movie “Deep Rising”

[@GameFuMaster]

Looks like a new breed of Zerg

[@TheVocalTune]

When the hydralisk gains extra sharpen arms and has a close range ensnare ability.

[@fighter5583]

"Get off me you lamprey!"

[@DinnerForkTongue]

Ngl, that would make for a neat defensive structure.

[@zerosumgame5700]

Melee defense turret that removes an attacker from play until one or the other dies? Sounds good.

[@jaredrobertgeorge]

That's no zergling, Lester. That there is a baby Ur-Quan.

[@kbholla]

It is crazy how clever even the most mundane of bugs can be.

[@yangjingbiao]

even viruses and diseases know how to attack the host at the appropriate time. Think about it, like Malaria, normally they will hide in the body without any symptom, but when they know that they got enough quantity to kill the host, the begin show themselves, not even talking about the caterpillar,

[@miekwavesoundlab]

I first read the title as How Coronavirus Caterpillars Attack Their Prey

[@keyaruga-sama2758]

Same lol

[@youwantmyname9208]

*MUTATION CORONAVIRUS, ZOMBIFY CATERPILLAR TO SPREAD VIRUS*

[@aweeaboo9514]

Same and then i looked for a comment asap to see if anyone else did too 😭😭😭

[@smoke6816]

@@aweeaboo9514 sameee

[@keijikai8391]

You have trauma

[@lordpyromis5109]

I love how nonchalant the grab is He just goes "aaand yoink"

[@QuartuvLarry]

Amazing, how well the sound picks up the tiny foot steps of these diminutive arthropods

[@RoFiHan]

You forgot to mark your comment as "sarcastic"! ;-D Yes, the artificial sound was poorly made. It is frustrating that the good pictures are destroyed by bad sound effects.

[@takecare3852]

That thing leaned back and said YEET

[@BorderlandsBoy0]

Damn nature you scary

[@patty377]

Look what we have done

[@rishabjindal1224]

Almost feared by misreading it as coronavirus caterpillars.

[@myo_mone9733]

“Carnivorous caterpillar” Ah i see.. how freaking _lovely_

[@gamingmonke2564]

Imagine having hundreds of those on body slowly eating your flesh until there's only your bones left...

[@maximus4765]

Careful, one minute they're just "caterpillars", next the earth is under an inescapable sheild.

[@serjekk]

The sound effects are terribly annoying.

[@LomasneyAaron]

I read this as “How Caronavirus Caterpillars Attack Their Prey.”

[@nanner1177]

same

[@naman6517]

Yeah my brain too Got trigger happy

[@lo-shenwong3073]

As in "Coronavirus....

[@francistech7757]

same

[@F87_jey]

Bro literally was the first thing to come to mind

[@ArkayeCh]

Teachers: Caterpillars are herbivores! Caterpillars: Not if they catch these hands first.

[@jessfrankel5212]

It's like watching a horror movie suspense scene. You KNOW the victim is going to get it; you just don't know when. Fascinating video.

[@xthatghomiex2939]

It's so engrained in my brain that I thought "carnivorous" was "coronavirus" at first

[@chronic2001n]

Coronavirus caterpillar

[@kevinjohnstone2911]

Programmed

[@mho...]

they cough on their prey & wait 6-12 days for them to die 😂

[@Sahil-Singh.]

Me too

[@dhyaneshparekh]

Props to cameraman to record this ASMR🤣

[@rageraptor7127]

Island evolution always makes for some epic creatures

[@DH-rq7gw]

Anybody else misread this as “CORONAVIRUS CATERPILLARS” I was shook for a sec, thought South Park had it wrong.

[@bizboy5]

hahaha....that's why i'm here too

[@burntrubberballs]

Yeah I just did

[@KamAroundTheWorld]

I read this as "coronavirus caterpillar" I don't know what life is anymore.

[@samirn1983]

That happened to me

[@GoodOleGrant]

Me too! I was going through comments to see if it happened to anyone else 😂

[@dizstruxshon1012]

@@GoodOleGrant if you rearrange carnivorous, it spells corona virus :(

[@segurall1]

I read the title as “how coronavirus caterpillar attack their prey”.

[@hashslingingslasher4215]

Same

[@austinrobinson8154]

Had to check the comments to see if I was the only one

[@Unwanted210]

He was so slick that we didn't need no slow motion to see how he catched it.

[@aliendinoboi7037]

This time on monster bug wars a killer caterpillar vs the jumping demon

[@rageraptor7127]

Lmao that show was so extra 🤣 they always spent like 15 whole minutes sizing up two bugs only to have one win in like under a few seconds.

[@R3efaRasman]

Jus killed one of these in Zelda totk. I recommend big big stic👍🏾

[@LyraDemonesque]

So these things are called Hawaiian Eupithecia catepillers. For anyone wondering, they turn into moths, and from what I'm aware of, only the Hawaiian variants are carnivores, most others are normal plant eaters

[@epslion]

Thanks, it bothered me that the video or description didn't even mention what it's actually called.

[@farfetchleek9821]

I was like, 'corona virus caterpillars?!"

[@justimagine709]

If the title didn't say caterpillar I would've been convinced that the thumbnail showed a spider. Creepy little thing, but deadly amazing.

[@MilannesaNapolitana]

The fact that it looks like a facehugger + those over the top sound effects make it look like Alien v Predator's trailer scene And some how i love it~

[@SCP--106]

Never did I ever imagine I’d see a caterpillar eating other insects bigger then it...

[@Jonathan-tm6io]

"Carnivorous Caterpillar" Are 2 words that I never thought would in a crossover

[@elbentley9971]

Makes itself look like a mini branch. Incredible.

[@moth_farmer]

It cannot make itself look like that, otherwise I might as well just make my self look like a trash so I can to get some free food from time to time.😅 I'd say it God's grace enabling this little creature to function in a fallen, sinful world.

[@traskforge]

@@moth_farmer why are you being a proselytizing lil weirdo.

[@leoalonso7653]

So these are the dune sandworm babies (Shai-Hulud)...lol

[@jeremy144713]

That’s actually a crazy fact “90% of Hawaii’s native species can be found no where else on the planet”

[@simonmaduxx6777]

It just started munching on its prey..i was waiting for the zoomed in shot. Yikes!

[@baronvonkaiser9912]

oh so those giant caterpillars from HIVE are a real thing. fOk

[@AnonEMous-ij8jp]

Aye my man with the references

[@baronvonkaiser9912]

@@AnonEMous-ij8jp im straight up not havin a good time right now. those things were arguably more terrifying than the wasps

[@Bossmodegoat]

Ah so thats what face huggers evolved from

[@nadiahudson7331]

I though this said “how coronavirus caterpillar hunt their prey.” I was like: “What the actual fuck earth.”

[@PapaGingerManDude]

Ha, same. Gotta be more of us

[@arvantsaraihan5777]

they're anagrams of each other too :)

[@Dekerus]

"OMG I got so much shit to do when i get home, I hate cleaning, but yeah i gotta ... whoa... TF?!?!?!?!? Yo, yo, yo yo, put me down Dude, whoa! Hey, hey, hey, wait!!!! Noooooo, please, please!!! Ouch Brah, ouch. Just kill me then, Brah, please Brah, please!!! Pleeeeeeese, just kill me Brah. Ouch, ouch, ouch, stop it please, Brah just chill Brah, chill! 😢😢😢". Lol... idk... I tried.

[@FEAROWNAGE]

Are you sure this isn’t a Tyranid parasite?

[@gebeleysis]

All hail our Ur-Quan Masters!

[@brandonevins1934]

Pandemic life got me reading the title as "Coronavirus Caterpillars"

[@ShiPerion]

That caterpillar camouflaged as a branch, " GOT EM!!! 🤣🤣🤣"

[@yaboii299]

What's truly spectacular is catching a moment like this and having the audacity to only show part of the fly being eaten alive!!😫😣😔

[@PrinceofPeace2000]

I guess they don't really feel pain the way we do otherwise they'd go into shock, I think. The bottom of the insect food chain seems pretty casual about being a snack. The male mantis for example after it serves its purpose.

[@yaboii299]

@@PrinceofPeace2000 just wish I coulda seen the whole thing being eaten

[@PrinceofPeace2000]

@@yaboii299 my bad I thought you were grossed out about it.

[@Nomad-1993]

Straight out of a horror movie...

[@tolitsdterrible4785]

We have those kinds of caterpillars here in the Philippines.

[@instantnoodleskun9336]

No we dont 😂

[@Nevrein]

I've never seen one?

[@turtlefast7251]

He said it was in hawai and it’s found nowhere else on the planet idiot

[@tolitsdterrible4785]

@@turtlefast7251 Just because that's what they know doesn't mean it's the fact. You're a moron. How many times biologist had been wrong? You have a very narrow mind. 😊

[@tolitsdterrible4785]

@@Nevrein And so?

[@JR28.]

0:39 Anyone else feel really cold all of a sudden and get serious chills when you saw it's claws/head?

[@Mr_Nun-_-special]

I’m not gonna lie being a insect must be the most terrifying thing 😭

[@johnhmielewski1230]

You Liar

[@BugTypeTrainer]

Never seen a caterpillar move with such purpose

[@newmom71306]

*fly: Gonna go get some foood!* *caterpillar: Going to get some food!* Fly go's to get food caterpillar sees in and plans *Fly: Yay! Fo- AAA MOMMY OW OH GOODNESS IT HURTSS!!!*

[@patty377]

.........ok

[@tomwalker389]

Sofia LPS STFU.

[@thefrontier2288]

It looked more like a cicada than a fly

[@psychomarto]

So this is a Mothman in the infant stage...

[@SYNIKAL89]

I read “caronavirus caterpillars” 4 times before my brain registered what it actually said..

[@ramflugalstein2463]

Me too haha

[@Eiav]

I like this recommendation 🙂

[@WanderingBrushArt]

Who else read this as "How Coronavirus Caterpillars attacK" ?

[@benthomason3307]

"Here we see it camouflaging itself as a store manager to lure in unsuspecting Karens."

[@malekhekal4238]

Lol

[@cloudflex4819]

I thought I was the only one aha

[@DunkinBiscuits]

Me, and i stupidly just posted it before reading the comments

[@shavaughnstephens7194]

Great minds think alike

[@IndianJimmy1]

That's what happens when you isolate animals. They evolve.

[@Tk--cp9xw]

Imagine if we find a planet thats twins with Earth only to find out all insects are giants and all animals are bug sized.

[@ronaldmorgan7632]

We'd probably find a way to domesticate them. Ride them into town, tie them up to the hitching post, and go into the saloon for a cold one.

[@highlander918]

Ronald Morgan Precisely. Or simply just scorch the planet of all giant bug life

[@ronaldmorgan7632]

@@highlander918 Reminds me of a movie...

[@FlameLordTV]

@@highlander918 I’ll do the honors of that, I like fire 🙂

[@sora96x]

So you mean our earth about 315 millions years ago?

[@gabemesa3921]

That's some resident evil type caterpillar

[@bluefett1784]

Imagine if there was something like that in the ocean, only much much larger...

[@lexprontera8325]

Polychaete annelid worms fit that description. They are also ambush predators and, while not larger than a human, can be as big as your arm. The jaws on some of them are nightmare fuel.

[@Stop_This_Madness]

Speaking of polychaetes, theres the handsome looking bobbit worm

[@richardkim2711]

0:49 Me: oh a cicada Narrator: A Plant Hopper Sorry what?

[@chaotixthefox]

Plant Hoppers come in many different shapes, some resemble cicadas as seen here, but others have funky headgear.

[@SteveScapesYT]

Even though Hawaii isn’t mentioned to the very end- between the predatory caterpillars and the slightest twang of the speaker’s accent… once he pronounced the word “Hawaii” 1000% certain they got this voiced by a local.

[@Iijjccbb]

"Carnivorous caterpillar" uhm excuse me what?

[@illistfloo]

Everytime I see one of these ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT is all the sound effects that are edited in😂

[@dwillie4449]

Thought it was coronavirus catterpillar, so i clicked it.

[@kellyd3736]

I would be pissed if I died from a caterpillar munching on me

[@Bex_geemu]

Am I the only one Who read "CORONAVIRUS CATERPILLAR. . . . . ."?

[@peterni2234]

Hell no, I ran into 4 other comments.

[@jigsaw3334]

That’s some serious core strength..

[@ANTlmagic]

I need this corona sh•• to be over. My isolated a•• thought it said *”how coronavirus Caterpillars attack their prey”*

[@chipchipdevil]

It does say coronavirus

[@mjddm-mov178]

@@chipchipdevil no? Note: I'm ready for the redditors

[@chipchipdevil]

@@mjddm-mov178 it does, wash your eyes and check the title again.

[@SeaCaptBritRob]

Love this commentator from the first few seconds of talking. Amazing that he's American and he pronounced Niche correctly because it's a French word not American or English. I'm officially subscribed to this channel because of that alone! 😊

[@Brydav_Massbear]

This is what would happen if a caterpillar acted like a snake.

[@cmc5207]

Imagine walking from your car to the entrance of a restaurant to get a hot meal and something plucks you out of the air, pulls you into the trees and eats you from the legs up. That's basically the life of many species. I think I'll appreciate my life a little more today.

[@silentopinion]

Like the scene on King Kong when they fell down that crevasse? Glad that place is fictional.

[@charlstone2273]

They quit to be a vegan

[@jackashmore]

Anyone else read that title as “coronavirus caterpillars” and just instantly got concerned

[@mushmmm1509]

Just you....

[@seasirenwestwood9275]

I swear I read " how coronavirus caterpillar attack its prey"