"Penelope Periwinkle" wrote in message
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On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 17:30:41 GMT, "omi" wrote:

"Ray Drouillard" wrote in messag

I wonder if you can buy those little wasps from an organic growers'
supply company or something. A larger scale grower would certainly
be
able to benefit from them.


Am I the only one that feels sorry for the hornworm after viewing
photo at
http://entweb.clemson.edu/cuentres/c...fici/ce174.htm

Oh, oh! That's what mine looked like! I didn't feel sorry for him
at all. As a matter of fact, I was rather gleeful.


Penelope


I haven't seen any parasitic wasp pupae yet, but we managed to pluck
about twenty hornworms off the tomatoes today. They are doing some
serious munching.

Most of them went to the one hen who is laying. We took her out of the
pen, held out a handful of worms, and let her take her pick. She has to
shake the worm a bit to get it to deflate, then she swallows it.

Interestingly enough, some of the worms were mostly black. I have never
seen a black tomato worm before.


Ray