I can just see this little guys mind at work "grah, Thug eat bud, bud gooooood". Is this a hornworm? Anyone know what kind? I've been watching it grow on my rose bush the last week and I am torn between feeding it to my chickens and taking it in to try and raise it into a hummer moth (assuming it is a hornworm of some kind). This is just one of the critters that has gone nutty on the roses this year.