Catalpa Worms

James asked me about wormming in Canada.  I told him about bringing crawlers across the border.  He asked about Catalpa worms.  Catalpa Worms?:

Found only in the Catalpa tree, which grows only in the deep south, the catalpa "worm" is really a catapilla that exclusively eats the leaves of the Catalpa tree, spins communal cocoons, and emerges as I don't know what. Tough in texture, although fuzzy to touch, they sport a black head and tail with a neon green strip down either side of its black back. When put on a hook, they ooze a bright fluorescent green fluid that smells sweet and tastes like, again, I don't know what. Will wiggle forever on a hook.

They can be preserved alive in a good old boy type cryotherepy by placing them in cornmeal packed in a glass gallon pickled pigs foot jar and frozen indefinitely. When the jar is opened and the worms are removed from the meal and placed on the warm boat bottom or seat, they thaw and become as lively as the day they froze. Bet customs would scratch their heads on that one.

People have them in back yard trees, and they are hard to find. I did find one or two sites on the net by searching catalpa, there are a few people around here that have trees. I hope to be able to buy some before august.