Re: CULT: Critters
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Critters
- From: D* E*
- Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 12:28:30 -0600
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From: Mike Greenfield <redear@infinet.com>
To: <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 7:36 AM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Critters
> Found new competition for the tomatoes, one of those big green
caterpillars.
Hi Mike:
I know those "big green caterpillars" well! They are the tomato Hornworm
and are the larvae of a rather large moth with white zigzags on their rear
wings and orange or brownish spots on their bodies. They have a wing spread
of 4-5 inches. I never found that they damaged the tomatoes, but they sure
play hell with the foliage, stripping it down to bare stalks. Funny thing
about those hornworms. . even my chickens wouldn't eat them! You throw
ANYTHING to chickens and they converge on it like crazy. . .throw in a
hornworm and they run towards it and then run away!! By the way, BT works
very well on them. I have some excellent photographs I took of a hornworm
parasitized by a braconid wasp. If you're interested, drop me a note off
line and I'll send it to you.
Doris Elevier
USDA zone 7b Sunset 11
El Paso, TX
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