REXOFSB
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2012-10-24 12:26 PM |
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I'll coexist with spiders and walk around potato bugs, but draw the line at tomato hornworms. They are FELONY disgusting. They are as destructive to garden plants as raccoons. Yeah, I know it's probably bad karma to kill them, but I'll take my chances.
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COMMENT 335193
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2012-10-24 12:32 PM |
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Oh. My. God. This doesn't even look real. SOOOOO cool.
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COMMENT 335206
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2012-10-24 12:49 PM |
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Do birds even eat these things? I've tried to put them out in the past but have had no takers.
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QUAD-LIX
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2012-10-24 01:11 PM |
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When picking tomatoes one time I found a big one of these. It was easily 1/2 inch thick and three inches long. I put it on top of the tomato stakes so a bird would see it. Then I realized the horn probably helps to deter birds so I clipped it off with some rose trimmers. The worm/catepillar made a strange clicking noise when I did this, as I'm sure it was pissed. Just after that, sure enough, a bird came and took it away - bon appetit!
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COMMENT 335246
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2012-10-24 01:52 PM |
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Those things come in the most incredible colors. Not very good camoflage ? Thanks Quad-lix for the good story. I'll feed the birds with one next time :)
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COMMENT 335424P
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2012-10-25 02:42 AM |
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QUAD-LIX: You certainly have a cruel streak. Scrub jays do eat these worms. The hornworms morph into beautiful moths. I don't kill them in my garden. I let the birds find them, and if a plant gets eaten, there're always more plants to tend anyway. Share and share alike.
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FLICKA
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2012-10-25 06:34 AM |
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When the tomato worms are on a tomato plant it's really hard to find them, blend right in. I've watched oriales hop through my plants looking for them, one found a small one and fed it to it's waiting baby. When the worms are big they can really destroy a tomato plant, eat all the leaves. Interesting to see one on an eggplant.
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AWESOME BLOSSOM
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2012-10-25 06:42 AM |
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Makes sense it'd be on an eggplant, the exotic cousin of tomato, both in the solanum family. They are lovely. Spinosad does kill them.
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COMMENT 335448
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2012-10-25 07:12 AM |
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What kind of a sick mind cuts off part of a creature and puts it out for the birds to eat? It was "pissed"? No, it was in pain.
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OAKTREE
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2012-10-25 08:22 AM |
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God put these beautiful designs on them to help them blend in. But I think early people learned about beauty and design from them too.
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COMMENT 335494P
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2012-10-25 09:06 AM |
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Not only early people.
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COMMENT 335564
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2012-10-25 12:55 PM |
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@335448 It doesn't have the neural structures required to be in pain.
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COMMENT 335566
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2012-10-25 01:01 PM |
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It is the worm from Alice in Wonderland. So beautiful, thank you for sharing.
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SEEDLADY
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2012-10-25 08:58 PM |
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oaktree, their design reminds me of the old art deco-styled late 30's roadsters. They do move fast through a tomato patch; in just hours they can destroy large lush plants. Maybe grow some sacrifice tomatoes, and remove the hornworms to the decoys, to munch in peace?
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