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Re: I hope this makes a pretty butterfly

The parasite is a very nasty wasp that lays it's eggs on the caterpiller, which eventually kill it in a particularly nasty way. Hopefully they are not common! ( they are very visible large white eggs attached to the poor caterpiller-very obvious....) Heh - I would probably do the opposite and kill the caterpiller if I saw the eggs, otherwise leave it...
Ann
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Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: [iris-photos] I hope this makes a pretty butterfly

In a message dated 8/9/2007 5:22:42 P.M. Central Daylight Time, amconway@telusplanet.net writes:
<<These caterpillars can destroy your entire crop of tomatoes, and are a serious threat to your garden.>>
 
These have a natural enemy.  Can't think of their name, but if you see white spots on the horn worms it is not necessary to remove the horn worm.  They have become host to a parasite that will kill them.  I usually pick them off until the white spots show.  I break off the limb the worm is feeding on and stomp worm leaf and all.  None so far this year.  Probably the result of the hard freeze. 
 
Wish there was a similar parasite for deer! 
 
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