Hornworm has black spot near tail!! Is this normal?

RoyBomb "Flex" · Feb 28, 2017

Just purchased my 1st hornworms and I just realized one of them has a weird black spot on it. Is it safe to feed to my cham still??

Nursemaia · Feb 28, 2017

That's a piece of poop

Nursemaia · Feb 28, 2017

Or at least I think it is, the picture isn't all that clear on my phone

RoyBomb "Flex" · Feb 28, 2017

Hahaha haha!!! Man and here I am all worried and my wife's just laughing at me.

RoyBomb "Flex" · Feb 28, 2017

Nursemaia said:
That's a piece of poop

At least I hope that's all it is

tenchijin · Feb 28, 2017

Everybody poops. Even hornworms.

RoyBomb "Flex" · Feb 28, 2017

Yeah I know, it just looks like a burn mark or something. Not poop

EarlMT · Feb 28, 2017

RoyBomb "Flex" said:
Yeah I know, it just looks like a burn mark or something. Not poop

Sometimes when they "bleed" it scabs up with a blackish spot. I accidentally pulled off a piece of their shed and it patched up black.

RoyBomb "Flex" · Feb 28, 2017

EarlMT said:
Sometimes when they "bleed" it scabs up with a blackish spot. I accidentally pulled off a piece of their shed and it patched up black.

That makes more sense just by the way it looks. Thanks