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Help, hornworms!!!!!!!!
They are tiny when they are hatched, so while you're correct about
size, that is a fully mature larva. On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 04:00:20 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: They are definitely NOT hard to spot. They're the size of an adult's thumb sometimes! The first time I saw one, I was working in the garden and (before playing in a band wrecked my ears), I heard something chewing. I followed the sound and found this monster. Pretty impressive, though. Like a garden pest created by Disney. :-) "Andrew Ostrander" wrote in message ... Google confirms what I thought: tomato hormworms are the caterpillars of a large and beautiful moth. They do not winter in the soil. Google articles also say that hornworms are large and can be easily picked off. I suspect that you do not have hormworms at all. Do you see large caterpillars with horns??? "cathych" wrote in message ups.com... Every year I am beseiged by tomato hornworms. This year I faithfully used diamotateous earth, thinking that of course, this would eradicate the problem. Well, several days ago, my cherry tomatoes, my peppers, (all different kinds), as well as my larger tomatoes were full of blooms, really loving the hot rainy weather. Today I went out & checked for any developing cucumbers, & guess what? All of the blooms had been EATEN entirely, there is not a single one of them left. How can I get rid of these things once & for all? I have been changing out my potting soil entirely each growing season, thinking that this might have been the problem, but apparently they are living somewhere. |
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