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Re: Hornworms

In a message dated 98-03-17 12:23:48 EST, you write:

<< > Ed, how can you tell if your hornworms are parasitized?
 
 I hope someone with better descriptive powers will jump in here ... meanwhile
I seem
 to recall that the worm will have many white appendages sticking up from its
body ..
 perhaps 6 or 8 of them ... it is unmistakable .. they are large and obvious
... the
 worms that I find in this condition are up on the plant, but going nowhere
... just
 sitting there.
             Hope this helps .......   Ed  Flynn >>

Looks like you did a pretty good job to me Ed. The only thing I would aqdd is
that they are usually in rows on the horn worms back and look very much like
what they are , the eggs of a parasitic wasp. Like you said they are very
obvious. You can't miss them.

Tom
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