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@#$%$##@ Hornworms!!!!
"The Watcher" wrote in message ... On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 00:34:02 -0500, Katra wrote: (snip) Now that would be nice! lol Those worms are so well hidden, they are hard to spot even when active at night! :-P I've noticed some people seem to have more trouble spotting them than others. My wife can't spot a hornworm even if it's munching on the tomato right in front of her. I usually go out every morning and try to check the vines for fresh damage. When I find some damage it usually doesn't take me too long to find the culprit. If you catch them when they're small they don't usually do too much damage, but one of those big ones can do a LOT of damage in one night. My ducks love hornworms, but the chickens and guineas don't care for them once they get bigger than about an inch. I used to like feeding the big ones to the mother hens. The hen would take it in her beak, shake it a bit, and feed it to a chick. The chick would try to eat it, but fail. The hen would pick it up, shake it some more, and feed it to another chick. Same result. Eventually, the worm would be reduced to a very tough bag full of mush. The hen would eventually end up eating it herself. As far as finding them... you might try a trick that Euell Gibbons uses to find plants. Once you find one, stare at it from several angles for a couple minutes. It's a trick to get your mind to recognize the visual pattern. After that, it'll be easy to spot them. I used that trick this spring to find Morels :-) Ray |
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